Re: [PATCH]: testsuite/gdb.base/constvars.exp

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@cygnus.com>]

Fernando Nasser wrote:
> 
> Michael Snyder wrote:
> >
> > Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I patched the test constvars.exp to get rid of the $gcc_compiled
> > > compile dependencies which result in XFAIL behaviour when the
> > > tests are compiled with GCC.  AFAICS, they aren't needed if just
> > > the tests are more correct.
> > >
> > > E.g., the testsuite expects strings like "unsigned long" while
> > > gdb may also emit "long unsigned" or "long unsigned int".
> > >
> > > The below patch cares for that.
> > >
> > > Corinna
> >
> > The test was originally submitted by HP, and probably
> > worked only with the HP compiler.  I like the idea of
> > extending itto work with GCC, but I wonder -- will this
> > work with stabs?  Or only with dwarf?
> >
> > And if it won't work with stabs -- do we care?
> >
> 
> Can someone please help us and try it with stabs?

OK, I've tried it.  Alas, it does not work.  And native Linux
still uses stabs, so that means we care.  ;-(  Sorry, Corinna.
It's a good change, but we need some kind of test that applies
the xfails for stabs and not for dwarf.

In the meantime, if you want to just check in the regular expression
changes, I'm sure that would be OK -- it would preserve your work.

Michael