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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2023-08-25 14:15:29 +0200
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elf: Check that --list-diagnostics output has the expected syntax
Parts of elf/tst-rtld-list-diagnostics.py have been copied from scripts/tst-ld-trace.py. The abnf module is entirely optional and used to verify the ABNF grammar as included in the manual. Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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@@ -585,6 +585,13 @@ build the GNU C Library:
in your system. As of release time PExpect 4.8.0 is the newest
verified to work to test the pretty printers.
+ • The Python ‘abnf’ module.
+
+ This module is optional and used to verify some ABNF grammars in
+ the manual. Version 2.2.0 has been confirmed to work as expected.
+ A missing ‘abnf’ module does not reduce the test coverage of the
+ library itself.
+
• GDB 7.8 or later with support for Python 2.7/3.4 or later
GDB itself needs to be configured with Python support in order to