GDB `cannotfix' pr state, require PR with xfail `moving forward'.
Eli Zaretskii
eliz@is.elta.co.il
Sat Jan 18 11:33:00 GMT 2003
> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 14:28:01 -0600
> From: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>
>
> Andrew C writes:
> > If the bug is fixed in GCC we might as well indicate this by closing our
> > side of the bug report. No reason to hang onto a bug report that has
> > been resolved.
>
> Does this include the XFAIL's for gcc v2 stabs+ in gdb.base/constvars.exp?
>
> I really think that it's a year too early to close a gdb bug report
> with gcc 2.95.3 by saying "it works if you use gcc 3.X".
I agree.
I also think that if we introduce new bugs in some feature which did
support older compilers, that bug should be fixed, even if it's not
exposed by newer GCC versions.
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