[patch/rfc] KFAIL gdb.c++/annota2.exp watch triggered on a.x
Daniel Jacobowitz
drow@mvista.com
Fri Jan 3 21:39:00 GMT 2003
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 01:35:59PM -0800, David Carlton wrote:
> Here's a patch to KFAIL the test "watch triggered on a.x" in
> gdb.c++/annota2.exp, corresponding to PR breakpoints/38. The test
> fails consistently on all the configurations that Michael tests.
>
> This is an obvious candidate for KFAILing. My only question is when
> it should currently be expected to pass. The PR indicates that it
> might pass on some platforms; on the other hand, it fails reliably
> on i686-pc-linux-gnu. So what I did was change the two existing
> instances of
>
> { pass "watch triggered on a.x" }
>
> to
>
> { setup_kfail "gdb/38" "i686*-*-*"
> pass "watch triggered on a.x" }
>
> but I made the new KFAIL case unconditional. That seemed to be the
> safest thing: that way, any FAIL or KPASS message is interesting.
May I recommend at the least "i?86"? Also, I really don't see the
point of the kpass's; before doing this, you need to establish if those
patterns are acceptable results; if so, they are passes, period.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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