Re: [patch/rfc] Remove all setup_xfail's from testsuite/gdb.mi/

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>]

> Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> GDB's testsuite is known to be full of xfails that are really kfails or
>> testsuite bugs.  Rather than try to audit each xfail in turn, the
>> proposal as been to rip out all the xfails (creating a clean slate) and
>> start marking up the tests from scratch - two steps forward but first
>> one step back.
>> 
>> I figure I might as well try to get the ball rolling on this and find
>> out just how much real resistance there is going to be to a change like
>> this.  To that end, this removes all xfail's from the gdb.mi testsuite.
>>   Similar tests, for the other directories, would follow.
> 
> 
> I don't know if MI is the best choice to start with.
> Who's going to fix them up?  Certainly not me.
> 
> Why not pick one or two mainstream tests, from gdb.base, that have a lot
> of xfails in them.  Let us get a feel for the pain threshold.  Changes
> to gdb.mi don't tell me a thing, because I generally ignore it.

True.  For the MI though, I know all the existing XFAILs are bogus so 
I'm in a stronger position to argue that they should be removed anyway. 
  Besides, it appears MI is being worked on at present.

Anyway, it will look like this:

> Before:
> 
>                 === gdb Summary ===
> 
> # of expected passes            8298
> # of unexpected failures        60
> # of unexpected successes       10
> # of expected failures          172
> # of unsupported tests          2
> 
> After:
> 
>                 === gdb Summary ===
> 
> # of expected passes            8308
> # of unexpected failures        232
> # of unsupported tests          2

Andrew.