From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15991: 24.3.50; Wishlist: Make test suite user-friendlier Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:44:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83pppk8f91.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1403801126 13595 80.91.229.3 (26 Jun 2014 16:45:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:45:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15991@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 26 18:45:18 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CnS-0007z3-NG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:45:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46002 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CnS-00086y-7u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:45:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34099) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CnM-000835-Rb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:45:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CnH-0001YA-AO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:45:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42774) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CnH-0001Y4-7M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CnG-00016m-Lj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:45:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15991 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15991-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15991.14038010644112 (code B ref 15991); Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15991) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jun 2014 16:44:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33924 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CmY-000142-Lf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:44:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:55675 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CmR-00013d-PC for 15991@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:44:16 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X0CmR-0001Hf-2C; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 12:44:11 -0400 X-Spook: Aldergrove Medco anarchy Rubin bomb enemy of the state X-Ran: 9lZl2w@xi[!:K^_t8+v@G94`w~W*9!WpVasW;#%M"te[fwQ/dVrs!]["W7t=Oz}*z=n{)t X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:05:53 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:90848 Archived-At: > Also, suppose one needs to run Emacs under a debugger for running a > test -- there doesn't seem to be a convenient way of doing that, > either. Once again, start Emacs manually in GDB, then copy/paste the > command line there, and be sure to set the environment variables, like > EMACS_TEST_DIRECTORY before starting GDB. Wait, and what if the test > forks, and you need to attach GDB to the correct Emacs process? (But none of the Emacs Makefiles provide any such gdb facility?) All I can suggest here is that the Makefile define a GDB variable, normally empty, that you can set to "gdb" on the make command-line when you want to.