Re: [patch/rfc/testsuite] Test GDB on not-so-little core files

Andrew Cagney
2004-01-20T22:02:21Z

> testcase /house/chastain/gdb/s1/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp completed in 183 seconds
>> testcase src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/bigcore.exp completed in 4 seconds
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> Figures prove: Linux dumps core faster! :)
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> Part of the difference is that I'm using an NFS file system.
> But a lot of it may be sparse file support in Linux.
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> I can't comment on the program itself right now, maybe later.

BTW, Michael, any thoughts on how to fail this on systems that can't
efficiently dump a 3g core file? Skip the test I guess, but with which
mechanism? untested?

Andrew