Re: RFA: patch to ignore dump.exp for ia64

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

J. Johnston wrote:
> The dump.exp testcase doesn't run on ia64 because a number of the output 
> formats
> tested do not handle 64-bit addresses.  The following patch causes the test
> to be ignored for ia64.  I tried unsuccessfully to move the data below the
> 32-bit line as is done for the alpha.
> 
> Ok to commit?  If so, ok for gdb 6.0?

You couldn't just make it skip the bits that don't work for 64?
Surely some of it works, say the elf parts?

> 
> -- Jeff J.
> 
> 2003-08-22  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
> 
>     * gdb.base/dump.exp: Skip for ia64.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Index: gdb.base/dump.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/dump.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.3
> diff -u -r1.3 dump.exp
> --- gdb.base/dump.exp	2 Jun 2003 15:51:24 -0000	1.3
> +++ gdb.base/dump.exp	22 Aug 2003 19:45:23 -0000
> @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
>      lappend options "additional_flags=-Wl,-taso"
>  }
>  
> +if [istarget "ia64*-*-*"] then {
> +    # SREC etc cannot handle 64-bit addresses.  Skip the test
> +    return 0;
> +}
> +
>  if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable ${options}] != "" } {
>       gdb_suppress_entire_file "Testcase compile failed, so all tests in this file will automatically fail."
>  }