Re: [patch/rfc] Remove all setup_xfail's from testsuite/gdb.mi/

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>]

> On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:57:10 -0400, Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> said:
>
>
> > I think Elena mentioned KFAIL.
>
> Yeah, she did, I just glossed over that the first time I read her
> message.
>
>
> > Any way, that is want you want to use - you'll need to bug report
> > any failures though.
>
> Will do.
>
>
> > A fairly good definition is:
>
> > KFAIL == bug, in GDB, something to fix.
> > XFAIL == bug, not in GDB (kernel, debug info, linker, ...), something
> > to ignore.
>
> Ah, I see, thanks.  And then FAIL == regression in GDB?  Then
> doubtless XFAIL is being overused, so they should be changed to KFAIL
> or FAIL.
Right.  They should be changed back to FAILs (I don't see anyone 
complaining about how the removal of XFAILs also the passes to increase :-).

Then people can start auding all the FAILs (not just the XFAILs) and 
mark up any bugs that are not going to be immediatly fixed.

Andrew