[RFA/testsuite] get rid of gdb_suppress_entire_file in asm-source.exp

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@false.org
Mon Apr 19 17:36:00 GMT 2004


On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:29:36AM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> I noticed that this testcase is using gdb_suppress_entire_file, and
> I remember being told that this function was evil. So I suggest the
> following cleanup for this gdb.asm test:
> 
> 2004-04-19  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@gnat.com>
> 
>         * gdb.asm/asm-source.exp: Remove use of gdb_suppress_entire_file.
> 
> OK to apply?

In general, I agree, but this particular file is a can of worms.
Andrew likes the extremely noisy failure, to encourage people to port
the test to new targets.  I'm not sure what I think about it; every
time I run into the issue I just do the port, so...

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer



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