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Re: Running the inferior from breakpoint commands
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
- Subject: Re: Running the inferior from breakpoint commands
- From: jtc at redback dot com (J.T. Conklin)
- Date: 16 Mar 2000 13:46:27 -0800
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200003120759.CAA24402@indy.delorie.com>
- Reply-To: jtc at redback dot com
>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@delorie.com> writes:
Eli> What's the deal with breakpoint commands that run the debuggee? Does
Eli> it work on Unix?
Eli> One of the tests in gdb.base/commands.exp sets a breakpoint with the
Eli> following command list:
Eli> step
Eli> step
Eli> step
Eli> step
Eli> bt
Eli> The test script expects the steps to work except on HPPA, where only
Eli> the first step is supposed to do its thing. What is special about
Eli> HPPA, and does this test work fully on other Unix systems?
Eli> The DJGPP version seems to behave like HPPA (I'm not sure whether this
Eli> is a compliment, and if so, to which of the two systems ;-). However,
Eli> I stepped through the code that is involved, and I don't see anything
Eli> DJGPP-specific there.
It's been a while, but if I remember correctly, this test failed when
I ran the testsuite on NetBSD/i386. It appeared that someone changed
the testsuite to match HPUX's behavior instead of letting the test fail.
--jtc
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J.T. Conklin
RedBack Networks