Re: FYI: fix test name in gdb-index.exp

[Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>]

TIL: It's not just that test names have to be unique, but they can no
longer include build directory names because the latter can be machine
generated, and when diff'ing before/after runs it can lead to spurious
output needing investigating.

Good to know, thanks.  And good thing to add to the testcase cookbook.


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
> I'm checking this in.
>
> The new gdb-index.exp test included a directory name in a test name.
> This lead to spurious failures for me, because I ran the baseline tests
> in a different directory.
>
> Tom
>
> 2013-08-28  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
>
>         * gdb.dwarf2/gdb-index.exp (add_gdb_index): Use explicit test name
>         when saving index.
>
> Index: gdb.dwarf2/gdb-index.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/gdb-index.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -r1.1 gdb-index.exp
> --- gdb.dwarf2/gdb-index.exp    26 Aug 2013 18:43:40 -0000      1.1
> +++ gdb.dwarf2/gdb-index.exp    28 Aug 2013 14:17:05 -0000
> @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
>      set index_file ${program}.gdb-index
>      verbose -log "index_file: ${index_file}"
>      remote_file host delete ${index_file}
> -    gdb_test_no_output "save gdb-index [file dirname ${index_file}]"
> +    gdb_test_no_output "save gdb-index [file dirname ${index_file}]" \
> +       "save gdb-index for file [file tail ${program}]"
>
>      # No point in continuing if generating the index failed.
>      # N.B.: There are times when gdb won't create an index, and it's not a