Re: [RFA/Testsuite] help.exp

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>]

Elena Zannoni wrote:
> 
> The recent changes to help.exp eliminating the wildcards introduced a few
> failures on the powerpc.
> 
> How about this to deal with the difference in output for the powerpc
> vs. other targets?
> 
> Elena
> 
Hi Elena,

I would rather have a '.*' in there instead of the test for a specific
target.

You don't need to resubmit: just add the '.*' and post the final
version.

Regards,
Fernando


> 2002-04-23  Elena Zannoni  <ezannoni@redhat.com>
> 
>         * gdb.base/help.exp: Change 'help status' to allow for PowerPC
>         differences.
> 
> Index: help.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/uberbaum/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.10
> diff -u -p -r1.10 help.exp
> --- help.exp    29 Mar 2002 01:19:11 -0000      1.10
> +++ help.exp    23 Apr 2002 23:04:23 -0000
> @@ -535,7 +535,13 @@ gdb_test "help source" "Read commands fr
>  # test help stack
>  gdb_test "help stack" "Examining the stack\..*\[\r\n\]+When the program being debugged stops, gdb selects the innermost frame\.\[\r\n\]+The commands below can be used to select other frames by number or address\.\[\r\n\]+List of commands:\[\r\n\]+backtrace -- Print backtrace of all stack frames\[\r\n\]+bt -- Print backtrace of all stack frames\[\r\n\]+down -- Select and print stack frame called by this one\[\r\n\]+frame -- Select and print a stack frame\[\r\n\]+return -- Make selected stack frame return to its caller\[\r\n\]+select-frame -- Select a stack frame without printing anything\[\r\n\]+up -- Select and print stack frame that called this one\[\r\n\]+Type \"help\" followed by command name for full documentation\.\[\r\n\]+Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous\." "help stack"
>  # test help status
> -gdb_test "help status" "Status inquiries\.\[\r\n\]+List of commands:\[\r\n\]+info -- Generic command for showing things about the program being debugged\[\r\n\]+show -- Generic command for showing things about the debugger\[\r\n\]+Type \"help\" followed by command name for full documentation\.\[\r\n\]+Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous\." "help status"
> +
> +if [istarget "powerpc-*-*"] then {
> +    gdb_test "help status" "Status inquiries\.\[\r\n\]+List of commands:\[\r\n\]+info -- Generic command for showing things about the program being debugged\[\r\n\]+info powerpc -- Various POWERPC info specific commands\[\r\n\]+info powerpc altivec -- Display the contents of the AltiVec registers\[\r\n\]+show -- Generic command for showing things about the debugger\[\r\n\]+Type \"help\" followed by command name for full documentation\.\[\r\n\]+Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous\." "help status"
> +} else {
> +    gdb_test "help status" "Status inquiries\.\[\r\n\]+List of commands:\[\r\n\]+info -- Generic command for showing things about the program being debugged\[\r\n\]+show -- Generic command for showing things about the debugger\[\r\n\]+Type \"help\" followed by command name for full documentation\.\[\r\n\]+Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous\." "help status"
> +}
> +
>  # test help support
>  # FIXME -- Ultrix hangs randomly on this very long output from gdb and
>  # continues with its output only if something is sent to gdb.

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