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From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
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Subject: Re: [patch] New test for set backtrace related functionality
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> Here's the tough problem.  I'm getting a weird random timeout on the
> "partial backtrace (using limit)" test.  In a group of 12
> configurations, I saw 2 PASS and 12 FAIL/timeout.  I suspect some ".*"
> or "[^foo]*" that is too greedy and eating more than it should, leaving
> the later bits of the expect_list out to dry.  gdb_expect_list is
> matching them one at a time so there is no backtracking if an early r.e.
> mistakenly eats too much.  Specifically, it might be a problem with the
> definition of $leadin.

Paul, were you able to reproduce this problem?

Andrew