[gdb/testsuite] Add comment in exec_is_pie Add comment to exec_is_pie explaining why readelf -d output is not used. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2020-05-25 Tom de Vries * lib/gdb.exp (exec_is_pie): Add comment. --- gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp index 7177be941b..8e22941f0b 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp +++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp @@ -5509,6 +5509,9 @@ proc exec_is_pie { executable } { return -1 } set readelf_program [gdb_find_readelf] + # We're not testing readelf -d | grep "FLAGS_1.*Flags:.*PIE" + # because the PIE flag is not set by all versions of gold, see PR + # binutils/26039. set res [catch {exec $readelf_program -h $executable} output] if { $res != 0 } { return -1