[RFA/mi-testsuite] XFAIL mi*-console.exp
Andrew Cagney
ac131313@cygnus.com
Wed Apr 3 20:27:00 GMT 2002
> These tests are testing for a feature that exists either nowhere or just in
> simulators and some remote stubs: that the inferior's output goes through
> GDB and is properly encoded by the MI layer. Since support isn't there for
> many remote debugging stubs or for native, I think these two tests should be
> XFAIL'd. Does that make sense, Andrew? If so, OK to commit this?
I believe GDB's rule for XFAIL is something that can't work (due to an
external constraint) rather than doesn't work (due to a lack of code).
Hence it was marked as a known bug rather than a limitation.
Andrew
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