[RFA] Fix for gdb-gnats bug #14

Michael Elizabeth Chastain chastain@cygnus.com
Fri Feb 16 17:54:00 GMT 2001


Hi Michael,

> Correct.  In fact, this test has always been wrong, and AFAIK, 
> it could never ever ever have passed.  I don't understand how
> it has existed as such.

My guess is that gdb used to run all the commands in a command list,
including all the commands after "next" and "step".

Then someone wrote the test to expect that behaviour.

Then someone noticed that gdb was having trouble and changed gdb and
also updated the manual.  The prose in the manual gives me a feeling of
"this section got added in response to a bug".

I'd have to go way back into old archives to check out that theory.

> I don't understand why it isn't a FAIL on RH7.  The output is
> identical to the failing output on Solaris.

Ah.  It _is_ a FAIL on RH 7.

Michael



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