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diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/README b/gdb/testsuite/README index 7552774c78b..3a34dcdd154 100644 --- a/gdb/testsuite/README +++ b/gdb/testsuite/README @@ -164,15 +164,23 @@ instance checks both the installed GDB and GDBserver. -INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS +GDB_DATA_DIRECTORY -Command line options passed to all GDB invocations. +If you set GDB, then by default the testsuite assumes you are +exercising an installed GDB, and thus the testsuite lets GDB use its +configured data directory. Otherwise, if you don't set GDB, then by +default the tested GDB uses the data directory found under the GDB +build directory. You can override this by setting GDB_DATA_DIRECTORY. +For instance: + + make check \ + RUNTESTFLAGS="GDB=/path/to/other/build/gdb \ + GDB_DATA_DIRECTORY=/path/to/other/build/gdb/data-directory" -The default is "-nw -nx". +INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS -`-nw' disables any of the windowed interfaces. -`-nx' disables ~/.gdbinit, so that it doesn't interfere with -the tests. +Command line options passed to all GDB invocations. +The default is set in lib/gdb.exp. This is actually considered an internal variable, and you won't normally want to change it. However, in some situations, @@ -193,7 +201,10 @@ a .gdbinit. For example: HOME=`pwd` runtest \ GDB=/usr/bin/gdb \ GDBSERVER=/usr/bin/gdbserver \ - INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS=-nw + INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS="-nw -iex 'set height 0' -iex 'set width 0'" + +Note that we do not need to specify '-data-directory' here +as we are testing an installed GDB. GDB_PARALLEL |