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Re: [RFA/Testsuite] help.exp
- From: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- To: Elena Zannoni <ezannoni at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:23:11 -0700
- Subject: Re: [RFA/Testsuite] help.exp
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
- References: <15557.59634.944097.218566@localhost.redhat.com>
Elena Zannoni wrote:
>
> The recent changes to help.exp eliminating the wildcards introduced a few
> failures on the powerpc.
Ooops, didn't mean to do that. ;-)
> How about this to deal with the difference in output for the powerpc
> vs. other targets?
OK with me (the author of the breakage).
Or you could just use a parenthesis to make the
powerpc command output optional...
Michael
> 2002-04-23 Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>
>
> * gdb.base/help.exp: Change 'help status' to allow for PowerPC
> differences.
>
> Index: help.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/uberbaum/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/help.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.10
> diff -u -p -r1.10 help.exp
> --- help.exp 29 Mar 2002 01:19:11 -0000 1.10
> +++ help.exp 23 Apr 2002 23:04:23 -0000
> @@ -535,7 +535,13 @@ gdb_test "help source" "Read commands fr
> # test help stack
> gdb_test "help stack" "Examining the stack\..*\[\r\n\]+When the program being debugged stops, gdb selects the innermost frame\.\[\r\n\]+The commands below can be used to select other frames by number or address\.\[\r\n\]+List of commands:\[\r\n\]+backtrace -- Print backtrace of all stack frames\[\r\n\]+bt -- Print backtrace of all stack frames\[\r\n\]+down -- Select and print stack frame called by this one\[\r\n\]+frame -- Select and print a stack frame\[\r\n\]+return -- Make selected stack frame return to its caller\[\r\n\]+select-frame -- Select a stack frame without printing anything\[\r\n\]+up -- Select and print stack frame that called this one\[\r\n\]+Type \"help\" followed by command name for full documentation\.\[\r\n\]+Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous\." "help stack"
> # test help status
> -gdb_test "help status" "Status inquiries\.\[\r\n\]+List of commands:\[\r\n\]+info -- Generic command for showing things about the program being debugged\[\r\n\]+show -- Generic command for showing things about the debugger\[\r\n\]+Type \"help\" followed by command name for full documentation\.\[\r\n\]+Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous\." "help status"
> +
> +if [istarget "powerpc-*-*"] then {
> + gdb_test "help status" "Status inquiries\.\[\r\n\]+List of commands:\[\r\n\]+info -- Generic command for showing things about the program being debugged\[\r\n\]+info powerpc -- Various POWERPC info specific commands\[\r\n\]+info powerpc altivec -- Display the contents of the AltiVec registers\[\r\n\]+show -- Generic command for showing things about the debugger\[\r\n\]+Type \"help\" followed by command name for full documentation\.\[\r\n\]+Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous\." "help status"
> +} else {
> + gdb_test "help status" "Status inquiries\.\[\r\n\]+List of commands:\[\r\n\]+info -- Generic command for showing things about the program being debugged\[\r\n\]+show -- Generic command for showing things about the debugger\[\r\n\]+Type \"help\" followed by command name for full documentation\.\[\r\n\]+Command name abbreviations are allowed if unambiguous\." "help status"
> +}
> +
> # test help support
> # FIXME -- Ultrix hangs randomly on this very long output from gdb and
> # continues with its output only if something is sent to gdb.