[Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>] Re: RFA: test GDB's ability to kill threaded programs that die messily

Andrew Cagney ac131313@ges.redhat.com
Mon Sep 2 12:51:00 GMT 2002


>> > Didn't we decide that if there's an unfixed bug, you file a bug report,
>> > but you don't check in a test that will fail?
> 
>> 
>> I've marked up the tests with commented-out setup_kfail forms that
>> refer to the bug number, and included the bug number in the test
>> name.  I thought that's how we'd decided to handle these.
> 
> 
> OK, your recollection is echoed by Andrew.
> I'm happy now.  Please check it in.

Hmm, thinking about it, the message proper, until setup_kfail is added, 
should include text like ``(known bug gdb/NNNN)'' so people don't go 
chasing after known problems.

Andrew




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