Re: [rfa:testsuite} Overhaul sizeof.exp

Michael Elizabeth Chastain
2002-02-20T04:43:37Z

Hi Andrew,

> Unfortunatly it doesn't address the x86 problem. Looking at
> printcmd.c:print_scalar_formatted() the function behaves differently
> when sizeof (host LONGEST) < sizeof (target type) (i.e. x86) :-( I
> think this a very long standing bug.
>
> The problem I guess is what to do short term with this part of the test.

My opinion is that if a test finds a bug, it is a good test. A really
great test causes the machine to reboot, catch on fire, and install
Windows XP from a Russian warez mirror.

Here is some policy from gcc:

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html#manage

I think this would be a good policy for gdb. What do you think?

I will re-run my test bed on the new patch shortly.

Michael C