Re: [PATCH] fix test script ERRORs in 5.1 branch

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>]

> On Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 09:47:27PM -0600, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to request approval to port this test script patch
>> from mainline to the 5.1 branch:
>> 
>> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-cvs/2001-10/msg00156.html
>> 
>> This looks like an obvious fix to me, but I want to be conservative about
>> changing the branch.  Note that the only changes are in test suite files.
>> 
>> My motivation: I run test suites on both mainline and 5.1 branch and
>> I write explanations of every ERROR and WARNING.  It will make my life
>> easier to remove ERRORs from the 5.1 branch, because then I won't have
>> to keep seeing them and keep checking that they are the same error as
>> the last test suite run.
> 
> 
> My impression is that Andrew's leaning more towards a 5.2 release than
> a 5.1.1 release, so I don't know if it would be worth the effort...


Or the political compromize:  Spin what ever is at the head of the  5.1 
branch as 5.1.1 while simultaneously cutting the branch for 5.2.

Michael, pulling the test cases over doesn't worry me.  Er, almost.  The 
trunk contains some recently OBSOLETE code so you'd need care there.

Andrew