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

Andrew Cagney
2002-10-24T21:32:28Z

> 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.