gcc testsuite not marking stabs tests as unsupported

[Jeff Law]

On 06/20/2016 09:26 AM, Tim Prince wrote:
> I note that a few of the tests in gcc testsuite are marked to show stabs
> tests as unsupported:
>
> pr35154.c:/* { dg-skip-if "No stabs" { mmix-*-* alpha*-*-* hppa*64*-*-*
> ia64-*-*
>  *-*-vxworks* } { "*" } { "" } } */
> pr35154.c:/* { dg-skip-if "stabs only" { *-*-* } { "*" } { "-gstabs" } } */
>
> Why are there hundreds of tests which aren't so marked and fail on
> targets which lack stabs support?  Are we expected to edit out the
> failure lines which include stabs before sending to gcc-testresults?
What targets?  They may simply be targets that aren't getting a lot of 
testing attention and associated maintenance.  And stabs certainly don't 
get much attention.

In an ideal world stabs would just die :-)



>
> What about coff tests?
Not sure what you're asking here.

jeff