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Re: bug in gdb.mi/mi-file.exp (or maybe in GDB)
- From: Elena Zannoni <ezannoni at redhat dot com>
- To: David Carlton <carlton at math dot stanford dot edu>
- Cc: gdb <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>, bob_rossi at cox dot net, Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>, Elena Zannoni <ezannoni at redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:58:56 -0400
- Subject: Re: bug in gdb.mi/mi-file.exp (or maybe in GDB)
- References: <ro1ptnvh23e.fsf@jackfruit.Stanford.EDU>
David Carlton writes:
> When I run gdb.mi/mi-file.exp, I get this failure:
>
> FAIL: gdb.mi/mi-file.exp: request path info of current source file (basics.c)
>
> Presumably nobody else is seeing this because I'm the only weirdo who
> builds in source. I think it's probably a testsuite bug instead of a
> GDB bug, but I don't know exactly what the relevant MI command is
> supposed to do, so I'll just show you what I'm seeing: gdb.log says:
>
> 111^done,line="23",file="gdb.mi/basics.c",fullname="/extra/gdb/mirror/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/basics.c"
>
> whereas mi-file.exp is looking for:
>
> "111\\\^done,line=\"23\",file=\"${srcfilepath}\",fullname=\"/.*/${srcfile}\""
>
> where ${srcfilepath} is defined by:
>
> set srcfilepath [string_to_regexp ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}]
>
> So the test seems to expect 'file' to be the fully qualified path and
> for 'fullname' to be anything random that starts with a slash and ends
> right. Whereas I'm not getting a fully qualified path for 'file'.
>
> So: is 'file' really supposed to be a fully qualified path? If so,
> what's the difference between 'file' and 'fullname'? (Judging from
> the manual, I don't see why 'file' should be an absolute path, but
> maybe I'm missing something.) Should 'file' match .*${srcfile}
> (without any slashes) and 'fullname' match ${srcfilepath}?
>
Hmm, I suspect you are right. They should be swapped. Fullname should be
the complete path.
> Also, should gdb.mi have its own ChangeLog? It's being used
> inconsistently, since most of the recent entries got put in
> testsuite/ChangeLog.
>
This is just a historical accident. The MI was contributed by
Cygnus after it already had its own Changelogs, and a .texi file.
elena
> David Carlton
> carlton at math dot stanford dot edu