Re: [RFA/mi-testsuite] XFAIL mi*-console.exp

Michael Snyder
2002-04-03T00:52:00Z

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> These tests are testing for a feature that exists either nowhere or just in
> simulators and some remote stubs: that the inferior's output goes through
> GDB and is properly encoded by the MI layer. Since support isn't there for
> many remote debugging stubs or for native, I think these two tests should be
> XFAIL'd. Does that make sense, Andrew? If so, OK to commit this?

There is a dejagnu variable that you can use to see
whether this is supported... lemme see...

Ah -- here you go. You want to do something like the following:

if { ![gdb_skip_stdio_test "Hello message"] } then {
do the "hello message" test...

>
> --
> Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
> MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
>
> 2002-04-02 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
>
> * gdb.mi/mi-console.exp: Accept lack of MI-console output as an
> XFAIL.
> * gdb.mi/mi0-console.exp: Likewise.
>
> Index: testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-console.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-console.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.7
> diff -u -p -r1.7 mi-console.exp
> --- mi-console.exp 2001/08/19 01:23:43 1.7
> +++ mi-console.exp 2002/04/03 00:38:09
> @@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ gdb_expect {
> # multiple event sources to channel the output back through the
> # MI.
>
> - fail "Hello message (known bug)"
> + xfail "Hello message (known limitation)"
> + }
> + -notransfer -re "\r\n$mi_gdb_prompt" {
> + xfail "Hello message (no output)"
> }
> timeout {
> fail "Hello message (timeout)"
> Index: testsuite/gdb.mi/mi0-console.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi0-console.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.5
> diff -u -p -r1.5 mi0-console.exp
> --- mi0-console.exp 2001/08/19 01:23:43 1.5
> +++ mi0-console.exp 2002/04/03 00:38:09
> @@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ gdb_expect {
> # multiple event sources to channel the output back through the
> # MI.
>
> - fail "Hello message (known bug)"
> + xfail "Hello message (known limitation)"
> + }
> + -notransfer -re "\r\n$mi_gdb_prompt" {
> + xfail "Hello message (no output)"
> }
> timeout {
> fail "Hello message (timeout)"