Re: Testsuite FAIL which isn't a FAIL in chng-syms.exp

[Corinna Vinschen <vinschen at redhat dot com>]

Hi Daniel,

On Feb 26 11:32, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Take a look at gdb_run_cmd:
>     gdb_expect 60 {
>         -re "The program .* has been started already.*y or n. $" {
>             send_gdb "y\n"
>             exp_continue
>         }
>         -re "Starting program: \[^\r\n\]*" {}
>     }
> 
> It eats everything up to "Starting program" so the error has been
> hidden.  I'm not sure quite why this passes for me... aha, yes I am:
> 
> `/opt/src/binutils/x86-as/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/chng-syms' has changed; re-reading symbols.
> Error in re-setting breakpoint 1:
> No symbol "var1" in current context.
> Starting program:
> /opt/src/binutils/x86-as/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/chng-syms 
> Error in re-setting breakpoint 1:
> No symbol "var1" in current context.
> Error in re-setting breakpoint 1:
> No symbol "var1" in current context.
> Error in re-setting breakpoint 1:
> No symbol "var1" in current context.
> 
> The other copies of the message come at the shared library breakpoint
> when we try to reset shlib_disabled breakpoints.  You're probably
> running an embedded target that doesn't have a shared library event
> breakpoint.

Yes, that's right and...

> Not sure what the best fix is.  Might work as a hack to add -notransfer
> to gdb_run_cmd:
> 
>         -notransfer -re "Starting program: \[^\r\n\]*" {}

...this actually fixes it.

> That will leave the "Starting program" in the buffer, and anything else
> transfered for that match.  I'm not sure if this will break any other
> tests.

True, that looks a bit dangerous :-) 

> As an aside, in the original test:
> 
> >       -re "Error in re-setting .*No symbol .var1..*Program exited normally.*" {
> 
> is not a safe pattern; never suffix a pattern with .*.  The end should
> always be anchored, usually to "$gdb_prompt $".

Yes, I tried that as one of the first measurements against the FAIL but
it's clear now why that had no effect.

Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Developer
Red Hat, Inc.