[PATCH v3 0/3] gas: add command line option to inhibit info messages

[Jan Beulich]

On 10.07.2024 13:26, Matthieu Longo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> GAS currently emits information messages for context information along warnings. These extra messages might sometimes pollute the test expectations when checking for error message patterns in stderr output.
> 
> This patch aims at providing two new flags while preserving the existing behavior if none of the options is provided.
>   * --info, similar to the existing --warn flag to enable diagnostic information messages (default behavior).
>   * --no-info, similar to the existing --no-warn flag to disable diagnostic information messages.
> 
> It also adds the flags to the existing documentation, and command manual.
> 
> As an example of its benefit, I used the new flag for the system register tests under gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/sysreg testsuite, and the info message for macro expansion were removed inside the tests expectations.
> 
> Regression tested on aarch64-none-elf, and no regression found.
> 
> Ok for binutils-master?

You keep re-sending patch 1 with this question, when I gave an okay
there already. Yet I don't think there's a strong need for all parts
of this series to go in together.

Jan