Re: [PATCH] [gdb/testsuite] Add -q to INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS

[John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>]

On 4/7/23 1:25 AM, Tom de Vries via Gdb-patches wrote:
> On 4/7/23 09:25, Tom de Vries via Gdb-patches wrote:
>>> Not having the license text makes it a little less obvious in the log
>>> when gdb has been restarted, so that might be a bit more confusing.
>>
>> Ack, true.
> 
> And if you want something more verbose, we could always do some variant of:
> ...
> diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
> index 7538071d1cf..4743150a878 100644
> --- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
> +++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
> @@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ proc default_gdb_start { } {
>           }
>           -re "^$gdb_prompt $" {
>               # Output with -q.
> -           verbose "GDB initialized."
> +           verbose -log "GDB initialized."
>           }
>           -re "^\033\\\[.2004h$gdb_prompt $" {
>               # Output with -q, and bracketed paste mode enabled, see above.
> ...
> to get:
> ...
> PASS: gdb.threads/attach-many-short-lived-threads.exp: successfully
> compiled posix threads test case
> builtin_spawn
> /data/vries/gdb/leap-15-4/build/gdb/testsuite/../../gdb/gdb -nw -nx -q
> -iex set height 0 -iex set width 0 -data-directory
> /data/vries/gdb/leap-15-4/build/gdb/data-directory^M
> (gdb) GDB initialized.
> set height 0^M
> (gdb) set width 0^M

I would prefer this type of approach for the "start of a session" sentinel.

-- 
John Baldwin