Re: [PATCH] [gdb] Mention --with/without-system-readline for --configuration

[Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>]

On 5/30/23 05:33, Tom de Vries wrote:
> Simon reported that the new test-case gdb.tui/pr30056.exp fails with system
> readline.
> 
> This is because the test-case requires a fix in readline that's present in our
> in-repo copy of readline, but most likely not in any system readline yet.
> 
> Fix this by:
> - mentioning --with-system-readline or --without-system-readline in the
>   configuration string.
> - adding a new proc with_system_readline that makes this information available
>   in the testsuite.
> - using this in test-case gdb.tui/pr30056.exp to declare it unsupported for
>   --with-system-readline.
> 
> Tested on x86_64-linux.
> 
> Reported-By: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>

I confirm this makes the test skipped on my machine.

Once the fix is merged and in a readline release, could we make the skip
conditional on the readline version?  We could have a maintenance
command or something like that that outputs RL_READLINE_VERSION, and
skip only for old readline versions.

Simon