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Re: [patch, rfa] tweak to defaulted_query logic to fix gdb.mi test errors


On 09/06/2016 01:56 PM, Sandra Loosemore wrote:
This patch moves the check for deprecated_query_hook before
input-not-from-terminal check in defaulted_query, instead of after it.
Presently, the only thing that uses deprecated_query_hook is the MI
backend, which uses it to suppress the question entirely, so that the
current behavior leads to the situation where nothing is printed when
the input is a terminal but there is a message otherwise, which is
somewhat odd.

The specific problem this patch solves is a testing issue with
gdbserver.  mi_gdb_target_load says:

mi_gdb_test "kill" ".*" ""

and if the test harness is not running GDB from a terminal we get:

Expecting: ^(kill[
]+)?(.*[
]+[(]gdb[)]
[ ]*)
kill
&"kill\n"
~"Kill the program being debugged? (y or n) [answered Y; input not from
terminal]\n"
ERROR: Got interactive prompt.

because it is tripping over the "\\(y or n\\) " pattern in mi_gdb_test.
 Of course mi_gdb_test could be fixed to recognize the "input not from
terminal" message as valid, but I don't think that's the intended MI
behavior.  I think this is a bug in GDB, not the testsuite.

OK to commit?

-Sandra


This looks simple and reasonable enough for me. What do others/maintainers think?


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