Re: T070 tests portability

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+Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> writes:\r
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+> So, in this case, if you're the only one seeing this problem I'd suggest\r
+> you tolerate the problem (by using private patch) (you could also dig\r
+> deeper if interested). If this "problem" is (were!) more widespread,\r
+> *and* unfixable in reasonable manner this thing like this typecast\r
+> could be applied -- which would also mean this test system would\r
+> be a bit less robust as it is now...(*)\r
+\r
+I'm a bit undecided about this. But one (not completely trivial but\r
+probably a good idea) would be to rewrite these tests to use the python\r
+extensions to gdb. These have shown themselves to be more robust and\r
+portable between different gdb versions. We already use these extensions\r
+(in T380-atomicity.py) so it wouldn't be adding a new dependency.\r
+\r
+d\r