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author | Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com> | 2001-12-17 21:49:09 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com> | 2001-12-17 21:49:09 +0000 |
commit | 6970b5b1491ad52cd77bcb7e9c6febe976093b7d (patch) | |
tree | faf097f4fa70f2431aa85822c2e7ac99523dd615 /gdb/testsuite | |
parent | de7dd7a9867141d7fee7800184942b6c87d8138f (diff) | |
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* gdb.base/completion.exp: On some systems, there is, in fact, a
variable named `b' in scope, since GDB treats all static
variables as being in scope. So use `no_var_named_this'
instead of `b'.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/testsuite')
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/completion.exp | 119 |
2 files changed, 85 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog index 80e8d31..0d7fe5b 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2001-12-17 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> + * gdb.base/completion.exp: On some systems, there is, in fact, a + variable named `b' in scope, since GDB treats all static + variables as being in scope. So use `no_var_named_this' + instead of `b'. + * gdb.base/corefile.exp: Recognize the message saying that GDB can't find the core file's registers as a failure. diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/completion.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/completion.exp index d93f575..bb2d246 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/completion.exp +++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/completion.exp @@ -468,105 +468,146 @@ gdb_expect { } -send_gdb "p b-a\t" +# These tests used to try completing the shorter "p b-a". +# Unfortunately, on some systems, there are .o files in system +# libraries which declare static variables named `b'. Of course, +# those variables aren't really in scope, as far as the compiler is +# concerned. But GDB deliberately tries to be more liberal: if you +# enter an identifier that doesn't have any binding in scope, GDB will +# search all the program's compilation units for a static variable of +# the given name. +# +# This behavior can help avoid a lot of pedantry, so it's usually a +# good thing. But in this test case, it causes GDB to print the value +# of some random variable, instead of giving us the "No symbol..." +# error we were expecting. +# +# For example, on S/390 linux, the file s_atan.c in libm.a declares a +# `b', which is a structure containing an int and a float, so GDB says +# ``Argument to arithmetic operation not a number or boolean'' instead +# of ``No symbol ...''. +# +# So, I'm hoping that there is no system with a static library variable named +# `no_var_by_this_name'. +send_gdb "p no_var_named_this-a\t" sleep 1 gdb_expect { - -re "^p b-a\\\x07$" { + -re "^p no_var_named_this-a\\\x07$" { send_gdb "\n" gdb_expect { - -re "No symbol \"b\" in current context\\..*$gdb_prompt $" { - pass "complete 'p b-a'" + -re "No symbol \"no_var_named_this\" in current context\\..*$gdb_prompt $" { + pass "complete 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { - fail "complete 'p b-a'" + fail "complete 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } timeout { - fail "(timeout) complete 'p b-a'" + fail "(timeout) complete 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } } } -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { - fail "complete 'p b-a'" + fail "complete 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } timeout { - fail "(timeout) complete 'p b-a'" + fail "(timeout) complete 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } } -send_gdb "p b-a\t" +send_gdb "p no_var_named_this-a\t" sleep 1 gdb_expect { - -re "^p b-a\\\x07$" { + -re "^p no_var_named_this-a\\\x07$" { send_gdb "\t" gdb_expect { - -re ".*argv.*$gdb_prompt p b-a$" { + -re ".*argv.*$gdb_prompt p no_var_named_this-a$" { send_gdb "\n" gdb_expect { - -re "No symbol \"b\" in current context\\..*$gdb_prompt $" { - pass "complete (2) 'p b-a'" + -re "No symbol \"no_var_named_this\" in current context\\..*$gdb_prompt $" { + pass "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } - -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p b-a'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-a'" } + -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { + fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" + } + timeout { + fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" + } } } -re "(There are $decimal possibilities\\. Do you really\r\nwish to see them all.|Display all $decimal possibilities.) \\(y or n\\)$" { send_gdb "n" gdb_expect { - -re "\\(gdb\\) p b-a$" { + -re "\\(gdb\\) p no_var_named_this-a$" { send_gdb "\n" gdb_expect { - -re "No symbol \"b\" in current context\\..*$gdb_prompt $" { - pass "complete (2) 'p b-a'" + -re "No symbol \"no_var_named_this\" in current context\\..*$gdb_prompt $" { + pass "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { - fail "complete (2) 'p b-a'" + fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-a'" } + timeout { + fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" + } } } - -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p b-a'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-a'" } + -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { + fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" + } + timeout { + fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" + } } } - -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p b-a'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-a'" } + -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { + fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" + } + timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } } } - -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p b-a'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-a'" } + -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } + timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-a'" } } -send_gdb "p b-\t" +send_gdb "p no_var_named_this-\t" sleep 1 gdb_expect { - -re "^p b-\\\x07$" { + -re "^p no_var_named_this-\\\x07$" { send_gdb "\t" gdb_expect { -re "(There are $decimal possibilities\\. Do you really\r\nwish to see them all.|Display all $decimal possibilities.) \\(y or n\\)$" { send_gdb "n" gdb_expect { - -re "\\(gdb\\) p b-$" { + -re "\\(gdb\\) p no_var_named_this-$" { send_gdb "\n" gdb_expect { - -re "No symbol \"b\" in current context\\..*$gdb_prompt $" { - pass "complete (2) 'p b-'" + -re "No symbol \"no_var_named_this\" in current context\\..*$gdb_prompt $" { + pass "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" } -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { - fail "complete (2) 'p b-'" + fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-'" } + timeout { + fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" + } } } - -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p b-'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-'" } + -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { + fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" + } + timeout { + fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" + } } } - -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p b-'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-'" } + -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { + fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" + } + timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" } } } - -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p b-'" } - timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p b-'" } + -re ".*$gdb_prompt $" { fail "complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" } + timeout { fail "(timeout) complete (2) 'p no_var_named_this-'" } } send_gdb "file ${objdir}/Make\t" |