From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7605 invoked by alias); 5 Apr 2008 16:49:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 7590 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Apr 2008 16:49:55 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:49:34 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8CD82A9953; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:49:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id ExjSv+TGsEgK; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:49:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5012A98BA; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:49:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 19F78E7ACD; Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:49:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:13:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Vladimir Prus Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: XFAIL vs. KFAIL Message-ID: <20080405164927.GB16109@adacore.com> References: <200804051952.05563.vladimir@codesourcery.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200804051952.05563.vladimir@codesourcery.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-04/txt/msg00051.txt.bz2 > can somebody explain the difference between XFAILing and KFAILing a > test in the GDB testsuite? I've looked at DejaGNU manual, I haven't > found the answer. KFAIL is when we know of a failure caused by a bug in GDB. XFAIL is when a problem outside of GDB's control is causing the test to fail. For instance, a kernel issue, or some wrong debugging info generated by the compiler, etc. -- Joel