Re: MI / Python tests failing on my machine (x86_64)

On 05/07/17 07:42, Jan Vrany wrote:
> Hi there, 
> 
> I'm experimenting with Didier Nadeau's patches for python-defined
> MI commands [1]
> 
> I tried to compile recent gdb (25c5412713ba) and then run MI and python
> tests to ensure all is OK before I start hacking. 
> 
> I run these tests using:
> 
> make check RUNTESTFLAGS='TRANSCRIPT=y gdb.mi/*.exp gdb.python/*.exp' 
> 
> but 58 tests seems to fail: 
> 
> # of expected passes		4810
> # of unexpected failures	58
> # of expected failures		9
> # of known failures		13
> # of untested testcases		3
> # of unsupported tests		1

I don't see this from HEAD.

> 
> For GDB 8.0.0 (1f1c02597cc1) test results are the same on my machine.
> I compiled gdb on Linux (Debian Jessie if that matters) using simple
> 
>    ./configure && make
> 
> Is that expected? Do I need to perform some additional setup to run
> tests? 

What tests fail and why? It's difficult to work out what is going
on without some trail to follow.

Cheers

Phil