Re: gdb.gdbtk tests

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>]

Jimmy Guo wrote:
> 
> These tests apparently require top level tk/, tix/, itcl/, and libgui/
> (the Cygnus GUI) components be present in the source tree (per
> gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp (gdbtk_start)).  Will these components be part
> of public tree any time soon?

They are already available.  Either download the insight+dejagnu
snapshot or checkout the module ``insight''.

> Besides, it's better to have a sanity check routine testing all
> dependencies before even trying gdb_compile, like the skip_hp_tests one.
>
> Some codes like below will be better:
> 
> set path [file join <whatever path>]
> if ![file isdirectory $path] {
>    perror <error message>
>    return 1 (or exit 1)
> }

The ``GDB'' module doesn't include the gdb.gdbtk testsuites.  However,
given that it's pretty easy to end up with that directory, a more robust
test would be better.

The MI testsuite checks that the GDB binary.

	enjoy,
		Andrew