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Re: [commit] Zap XPASS from watchpoints.exp; Was: [PATCH] RemoveXPASS


Andrew Cagney wrote:


Hmm, you tripped over a landmine :-(. In the past many of GDB's testcases were incorrectly XFAILed (as a way of hiding design flaws that were thought to be unfixable / or the individual had no intention of fixing ...). XFAIL only applies to problems eXternal to GDB (OS bugs, ...) which these are not.


I hadn't been aware of this interpretation of XFAIL in gdb; my understanding
(and current use in gcc) is that XFAIL means eXpected failure ...

For GDB, I should more correctly state eXpected FAIL due to eXternal problem. Which is different to a Known FAIL due to GDB bug. :-)


Andrew

I've removed the offending XFAIL junk.


Thanks!

Bye,
Ulrich



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