Re: [doc patch] gdbint: XFAIL vs. KFAIL [Re: [patch] gcc KFAILs to XFAILs]

Eli Zaretskii
2011-12-15T05:22:03Z

> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:42:20 +0100
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:28:15 +0100, Doug Evans wrote:
> > Can someone check into gdbint.texi definitions of xfail and kfail?
> > There's a section "Writing Tests", seems like an appropriate place.
>
> FYI I wanted to add it to
> http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDBTestcaseCookbook
> but it already states:
> Known failing new testcases must produce KFAIL (GDB problem) or XFAIL
> (environment problem).
>
> Not going to check it in without the doc review.

This is okay, but I have one suggestion:

> +Known problem of @value{GDBN} itself. You must specify the @value{GDBN} bug
> +report number.

Regarding the "must specify the bug report number": would it make
sense to show how to do that, e.g. with an example?

Thanks.