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Re: MI failures related to string printing

 > > If your just talking about the one FAIL in mi-var-child.exp, why not just
 > > mark it as an XFAIL?  I see that the other XFAIL actually passes (for me,
 > > at least).

I mean when "FIXME" is removed from the output string.

 > Why should it be an XFAIL? The test was working fine before your change,
 > and I see no reason why the test cannot be modified to always pass. 

The aim of the testsuite is to test GDB and not just get 100% pass rate (except
when we're on performance related pay!).  The test presumably has value on
systems where it passes.  I'm sure it can be modified to always pass but that's
only worthwhile if it remains a meaningful test.  I don't know how to devise
such a test because it doesn't fail for me now.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob
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