Re: [RFA/mi-testsuite] XFAIL mi*-console.exp

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> These tests are testing for a feature that exists either nowhere or just in
> simulators and some remote stubs: that the inferior's output goes through
> GDB and is properly encoded by the MI layer.  Since support isn't there for
> many remote debugging stubs or for native, I think these two tests should be
> XFAIL'd.  Does that make sense, Andrew?  If so, OK to commit this?

There is a dejagnu variable that you can use to see
whether this is supported... lemme see...

Ah -- here you go.  You want to do something like the following:

	if { ![gdb_skip_stdio_test "Hello message"] } then {
		do the "hello message" test...


> 
> --
> Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
> MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer
> 
> 2002-04-02  Daniel Jacobowitz  <drow@mvista.com>
> 
>         * gdb.mi/mi-console.exp: Accept lack of MI-console output as an
>         XFAIL.
>         * gdb.mi/mi0-console.exp: Likewise.
> 
> Index: testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-console.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-console.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.7
> diff -u -p -r1.7 mi-console.exp
> --- mi-console.exp      2001/08/19 01:23:43     1.7
> +++ mi-console.exp      2002/04/03 00:38:09
> @@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ gdb_expect {
>         # multiple event sources to channel the output back through the
>         # MI.
> 
> -       fail "Hello message (known bug)"
> +       xfail "Hello message (known limitation)"
> +    }
> +    -notransfer -re "\r\n$mi_gdb_prompt" {
> +       xfail "Hello message (no output)"
>      }
>      timeout {
>         fail "Hello message (timeout)"
> Index: testsuite/gdb.mi/mi0-console.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi0-console.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.5
> diff -u -p -r1.5 mi0-console.exp
> --- mi0-console.exp     2001/08/19 01:23:43     1.5
> +++ mi0-console.exp     2002/04/03 00:38:09
> @@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ gdb_expect {
>         # multiple event sources to channel the output back through the
>         # MI.
> 
> -       fail "Hello message (known bug)"
> +       xfail "Hello message (known limitation)"
> +    }
> +    -notransfer -re "\r\n$mi_gdb_prompt" {
> +       xfail "Hello message (no output)"
>      }
>      timeout {
>         fail "Hello message (timeout)"