[doc patch] gdbint: XFAIL vs. KFAIL [Re: [patch] gcc KFAILs to XFAILs]
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@gnu.org
Thu Dec 15 05:33:00 GMT 2011
> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:42:20 +0100
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:28:15 +0100, Doug Evans wrote:
> > Can someone check into gdbint.texi definitions of xfail and kfail?
> > There's a section "Writing Tests", seems like an appropriate place.
>
> FYI I wanted to add it to
> http://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/GDBTestcaseCookbook
> but it already states:
> Known failing new testcases must produce KFAIL (GDB problem) or XFAIL
> (environment problem).
>
> Not going to check it in without the doc review.
This is okay, but I have one suggestion:
> +Known problem of @value{GDBN} itself. You must specify the @value{GDBN} bug
> +report number.
Regarding the "must specify the bug report number": would it make
sense to show how to do that, e.g. with an example?
Thanks.
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