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RE: Unreliable test suites?
- From: "Metzger, Markus T" <markus dot t dot metzger at intel dot com>
- To: "Paul_Koning at Dell dot com" <Paul_Koning at Dell dot com>, "gdb at sourceware dot org" <gdb at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 06:17:30 +0000
- Subject: RE: Unreliable test suites?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gdb-owner@sourceware.org [mailto:gdb-owner@sourceware.org] On
> Behalf Of Paul_Koning@Dell.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 9:59 PM
> To: gdb@sourceware.org
> Subject: Unreliable test suites?
Hello Paul,
> The problem is that a number of them seem to be quite unreliable. I've seen
> test runs where gdb.btrace/step.exp and/or stepi.exp have a pile of failures,
> but then when I rerun either just those tests, or the whole suite, they pass.
Those tests are not expected to fail. They should either run if your processor
and OS support BTS or Intel PT or they should be skipped.
Would you please send me the gdb.log file for a failing run?
Thanks,
Markus.
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