Re: [patch/testsuite] revert return-type of gdb_file_cmd, gdb_load

[Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>]

> I hope this is the end of the mess, but if it's not, just let me know!

Thanks!  (Joel, my mips patches will no longer be flying blind ;-)

> This patch reverts the recent change to the return value of gdb_file_cmd.
> Instead of using a structured return value, I just stick the secondary
> information into a global variable.

What of two interfaces -> an existing one with preserved behavior and a 
new one with extended behavior?

> Global variable.  Bleagh.  But "bleagh" beats "oh shit, I broke eight
> other implementations of gdb_load in config/*.exp and I can't test all
> of them".
>
> Tested on native i686-pc-linux-gnu, gcc 2.95.3 3.3.4 3.4.1,
> dwarf-2 and stabs+, with tcl 8.4.6, expect 5.41, dejagnu 1.4.4.
>
> I also tested gdb.gdb/*.exp with a stripped gdb to check for
> the proper "untested" results.
>
> I am committing this now.

Andrew