From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30256 invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2007 17:57:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 30247 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Jan 2007 17:57:40 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from heller.inter.net.il (HELO heller.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.73) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:57:35 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-11-156.inter.net.il [80.230.11.156]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id BNP36451 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:57:31 +0200 (IST) Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:57:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Daniel Jacobowitz CC: gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20070113152058.GA27250@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:20:59 -0500) Subject: Re: bigcore.exp on 64-bit systems Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20070113152058.GA27250@nevyn.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2007-01/txt/msg00238.txt.bz2 > Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:20:59 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > Cc: gdb@sourceware.org > > > On this machine, bigcore.exp is a pest: it runs for a very long time, > > produces a humongous core file (so large that I expect the sysadmins > > to send me angry emails), and eventually fails (or so it seems). > > Here's what gdb.sum says about it: > > The core file is probably not that large. Could you check with 'du'? You are right, it's only 3.9MB. But the test still fails with timeout. > If it is a sufficient nuisance, perhaps we should add a way for you > to disable the test. I can always rename the .exp file, like Joel suggested, but it seems unclean to remove test files to disable them.