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Re: "stap -u" testing
Hi -
> I agree with optimizing away variables that aren't used in end user
> scripts. That's the right default behavior. I realize there will
> always be cases where we can't access certain $target variables. I
> still think the tests should expose those cases, then we can
> determine if something can be done about it. If we don't know
> there's a problem, we can't attempt to fix it. [...]
Yes, but *we do know* there is a problem. It has been a fact of life
for probably 18 months. Improvements are coming, but many of them are
conditional on platform, kernel, and compiler versions, and thus
constantly being reminded of them by a failing test case is not really
helpful.
If you prefer, you could add "kfail" flavoured dejagnu buildok test
cases for these. At least those are relatively quiet.
- FChE