[PATCH 2/2] [gdb/testsuite] Fix gdb.python/py-section-script.exp with older objdump
Tom de Vries <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:00:16 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gdb.patches |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On AlmaLinux 9.8 ppc64le with objdump 2.35.2 I run into:
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ERROR: tcl error sourcing gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-section-script.exp.
ERROR: tcl error code CHILDSTATUS 3614626 1
ERROR: objdump: unrecognized option '--decompress'
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Fix this by using remote_exec instead of exec, and checking the result.
Tested on x86_64-linux and ppc64le-linux.
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.../gdb.python/py-section-script.exp | 21 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-section-script.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-section-script.exp
index 04ff14a8d0a..6a83ff31602 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-section-script.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-section-script.exp
@@ -65,9 +65,24 @@ foreach_with_prefix variant {plain compressed} {
if {$variant == "compressed"} {
set objdump_program [gdb_find_objdump]
- set debug_sect [exec $objdump_program -j .debug_gdb_scripts -s "$the_binfile"]
- set debug_sect_decompressed [exec $objdump_program -j .debug_gdb_scripts \
- -s "$the_binfile" --decompress]
+
+ set res \
+ [remote_exec host \
+ "$objdump_program -j .debug_gdb_scripts -s \"$the_binfile\""]
+ if {[lindex $res 0] != 0} {
+ unsupported "Couldn't run objdump"
+ return
+ }
+ set debug_sect [lindex $res 1]
+
+ set res \
+ [remote_exec host \
+ "$objdump_program -j .debug_gdb_scripts -s \"$the_binfile\" --decompress"]
+ if {[lindex $res 0] != 0} {
+ unsupported "Couldn't run objdump --decompress"
+ return
+ }
+ set debug_sect_decompressed [lindex $res 1]
if {$debug_sect == $debug_sect_decompressed} {
fail ".debug_gdb_scripts in $the_binfile is not compressed"
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2.51.0