Re: [Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>] Re: RFA: test GDB's ability to kill threaded programs that die messily

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

Jim Blandy wrote:
> 
> Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > Jim Blandy wrote:
> > >
> > > Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> writes:
> > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 05:30:44PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
> > > > > Jim Blandy wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Okay --- I've committed the portable thread compilation support that
> > > > > > this patch depends on.  May I commit this test?
> > > > >
> > > > > The test is fine.  But I missed the fix.  Has a fix been committed?
> > > > > If you wouldn't mind, could you give me a pointer?
> > > >
> > > > I don't think there is a fix; this test is related to the same PR as my
> > > > ugly warning workaround.
> > >
> > > Yes, there is no fix.
> >
> > Didn't we decide that if there's an unfixed bug, you file a bug report,
> > but you don't check in a test that will fail?
> 
> I've marked up the tests with commented-out setup_kfail forms that
> refer to the bug number, and included the bug number in the test
> name.  I thought that's how we'd decided to handle these.

OK, your recollection is echoed by Andrew.
I'm happy now.  Please check it in.

Thanks,
Michael