Re: [PATCH] Fix broken interp.exp testcase

["M.M. Kettenis" <m.m.kettenis@alumnus.utwente.nl>]

Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> wrote:

>
>  > The new testcase is failing for me:
>  >
>  > Running ../../../src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/interp.exp ...
>  > PASS: gdb.base/interp.exp: interpreter-exec mi "-var-update *"
>  > FAIL: gdb.base/interp.exp: interpreter-exec console "show version"
>  >
>  > I committed the attached patch to fix it.
>
> Well it was passing for me, as it does with your patch. I must have something
> wrong with my setup.

Well, the behaviour of expect can be really odd, especially when doing
regexp matches. Nothing to really worry about; just keep it in mind.

> Running the whole testsuite, I get:
>
> 		=== gdb Summary ===
>
> # of expected passes		10077
> # of unexpected failures	361
> # of unexpected successes	1
> # of expected failures		46
> # of known failures		60
> # of unsupported tests		11
> /home/nick/src/gdb/testsuite/../../gdb/gdb version  6.3.50.20050203-cvs -nx
>
>
> which seems an unacceptable number of fails and makes running the testsuite
> rather pointless. Have you any ideas of what I might be doing wrong?

What system is this? It seems unusually high if you're running gdb on
an up-to-date i386 GNU/Linux system, but on other systems (including
older i386 GNU/Linux) the number of failures can be fairly high because
of:

* Bugs in gdb.

* Bugs in the operating system kernel & (thread) libraries.

* Bugs in the compiler you're using.

Mark