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Re: GDB version as convenience variable

On 2019-03-25 14:43, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:33:55 -0400
From: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, brobecker@adacore.com

> Hmm... how would you test that?

Something like

gdb_test "print \$_gdb_major" " = 8"
gdb_test "print \$_gdb_minor" " = 4"


This would require changes with each new version.  I thought you had
in mind comparison with output of "gdb --version", suitably edited.
Yes, that's why I wondered initially if it was worth adding a test like this, since it would impose an additional burden on the person doing the release. However, comparing the output with gdb --version, or some other automated mean, would be perfect. 

Simon
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