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authorSandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>2015-12-25 11:36:52 -0800
committerSandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>2015-12-25 11:36:52 -0800
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Document that the PATTERN argument to gdb_test is optional.
2015-12-25 Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com> gdb/testsuite/ * lib/gdb.exp (gdb_test): Update comments to clarify that the PATTERN argument is optional.
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@@ -959,7 +959,9 @@ proc gdb_test_multiple { command message user_code } {
# COMMAND is the command to execute, send to GDB with send_gdb. If
# this is the null string no command is sent.
# PATTERN is the pattern to match for a PASS, and must NOT include
-# the \r\n sequence immediately before the gdb prompt.
+# the \r\n sequence immediately before the gdb prompt. This argument
+# may be omitted to just match the prompt, ignoring whatever output
+# precedes it.
# MESSAGE is an optional message to be printed. If this is
# omitted, then the pass/fail messages use the command string as the
# message. (If this is the empty string, then sometimes we don't