Re: [RFA/Testsuite] help.exp

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni at redhat dot com>]

Fernando Nasser writes:
 > Elena Zannoni wrote:
 > > 
 > > The recent changes to help.exp eliminating the wildcards introduced a few
 > > failures on the powerpc.
 > > 
 > > How about this to deal with the difference in output for the powerpc
 > > vs. other targets?
 > > 
 > > Elena
 > > 
 > Hi Elena,
 > 
 > I would rather have a '.*' in there instead of the test for a specific
 > target.
 > 

That is the way it was originally. That works fine with the powerpc.

 > You don't need to resubmit: just add the '.*' and post the final
 > version.
 > 

OK.

 > Regards,
 > Fernando
 > 
 > 
 > > 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.
 > 
 > -- 
 > Fernando Nasser
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