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

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser@redhat.com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>>That is correct.  The last argument of a setup_xfail, if it does not 
>>contain '-' (Argh!  Don't blame me, it was already there since immemorial 
>>times) is the PR number.  It can easily be a gdb/NNN bug id.  We cannot 
>>enforce the syntax, but we can enforce it as a police.
> 
> 
> [Last or first?  Oh, the answer is "either" according to framework.exp.]
> 

I was referring to the way it has been used in our tests.  The distinction is 
the absence of '-'s.


>>P.S.: Does someone know how to programatically access the Gnats database?
> 
> 
> Yes; the GNATS software package includes a number of remote tools,
> particularly nquery-pr.  You have to find a copy of GNATS 3.x; the 4.x
> tools don't interoperate with the version on sourceware.
> 

Ah, but that is a command, I was thinking of an API.  Oh well, we can always run 
the thing and capture the output I guess...


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