> The tests in pc-fp.exp display the actual values of $pc and $fp in
> their PASS messages.  That makes regression testing a bit more
> annoying for me: the value of $fp changes with every change I make to
> GDB.  Is it okay to tweak the PASS messages not to display those
> values?


As far as I know, anything in trailing paren should be ignored when 
comparing test results.  You might want to tweak your script (I've 
attached mine) to do this.

Also, why is FP/PC changing?  Your GDB changes shouldn't affect the 
behavior of the target program's $fp / $pc.

Andrew



> 2002-11-05  David Carlton  <carlton@math.stanford.edu>
> 
> 	* gdb.base/pc-fp.exp (get_valueofx): Don't display 'val' in PASS
> 	message.
> 
> Index: pc-fp.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/pc-fp.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -p -r1.1 pc-fp.exp
> --- pc-fp.exp	25 Sep 2002 20:30:38 -0000	1.1
> +++ pc-fp.exp	5 Nov 2002 22:09:51 -0000
> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ proc get_valueofx { fmt exp default } {
>      gdb_expect {
>  	-re "\\$\[0-9\]* = (0x\[0-9a-zA-Z\]+).*$gdb_prompt $" {
>  	    set val $expect_out(1,string)
> -	    pass "get value of ${exp} ($val)"
> +	    pass "get value of ${exp}"
>  	}
>  	timeout {
>  	    set size ${default}
>