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Re: [Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>] Re: RFA: test GDB's ability to kill threaded programs that die messily
- From: Jim Blandy <jimb at redhat dot com>
- To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at ges dot redhat dot com>
- Cc: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 05 Sep 2002 14:31:10 -0500
- Subject: Re: [Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>] Re: RFA: test GDB's ability to kill threaded programs that die messily
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Andrew Cagney <ac131313@ges.redhat.com> writes:
> >> > Didn't we decide that if there's an unfixed bug, you file a bug report,
> >> > but you don't check in a test that will fail?
> >
> >> I've marked up the tests with commented-out setup_kfail forms that
> >> refer to the bug number, and included the bug number in the test
> >> name. I thought that's how we'd decided to handle these.
> > OK, your recollection is echoed by Andrew.
> > I'm happy now. Please check it in.
>
> Hmm, thinking about it, the message proper, until setup_kfail is
> added, should include text like ``(known bug gdb/NNNN)'' so people
> don't go chasing after known problems.
It's not the chasing down we want to avoid --- we want to encourage
that. :) Rather, it's that we want to make clear that this bug is not
a regression.
I've changed the message from:
GDB exits after multi-threaded program exits messily (gdb/568)
to:
GDB exits after multi-threaded program exits messily (not a regression; gdb/568)