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Re: MI testsuite to use PTY for inferior
On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 09:23:51AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 09:16:27AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
> > Is there an easy and clean way to solve this problem? Maybe this problem
> > is easier to solve than I think it is. Any suggestions?
>
> No, but the heuristics are easier than you think they are.
>
> > Honestly, I don't care if someone writes an FE that does this kind of
> > processing, the only reason I really care about this topic is because I
> > would prefer to use the TTY option in the testsuite to ensure the I/O is
> > separated. Doing this though, leaves target's without TTY's
> > semi-untested.
>
> As already written, expect requires a TTY anyway. No TTY, no
> testsuite.
I aggree with the above. However, my point is that the testsuite
will no longer test interleaved output. It would only test GDB under the
assumption that the tty command works.
Bob Rossi