On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 09:51:27AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 25/08/2025 16.04, Gustavo Romero wrote: > > Hello, Thomas! > > > > On 8/25/25 07:29, Thomas Huth wrote: > > > On 19/08/2025 16.39, Gustavo Romero wrote: > > > > The goal of this series is to remove Avocado as a dependency for running > > > > the reverse_debugging functional test. > > > > > > > > This test, the last one I’m aware of that relies on Avocado, requires it > > > > because of the need for GDB to test reverse stepping and continue. > ... > > > I gave it a try, but this did not work for me, the test was not run > > > at all anymore. Are there any patches needed on top? > > > > hmm that's odd. I'm able to run it with 'make check-functional' and with > > 'meson test'... > > > > This is how I'm running it (let me know if I'm missing something): > ... > > gromero@gromero0:/mnt/git/qemu_$ > > gromero@gromero0:/mnt/git/qemu_/build$ ../configure > > --target-list=aarch64- softmmu --disable-docs > > gromero@gromero0:/mnt/git/qemu_/build$ make -j 32 > > gromero@gromero0:/mnt/git/qemu_/build$ time make -j 15 check-functional > > [1/2] Generating tests/functional/func-precache-aarch64- > > aarch64_reverse_debug with a custom command (wrapped by meson to set > > env) > > 2025-08-25 12:50:04,215 - qemu-test - INFO - Attempting to cache '/home/ > > gromero/.cache/qemu/ > > download/7e1430b81c26bdd0da025eeb8fbd77b5dc961da4364af26e771bd39f379cbbf7' > > 2025-08-25 12:50:04,225 - qemu-test - DEBUG - Using cached asset /home/ > > gromero/.cache/qemu/ > > download/7e1430b81c26bdd0da025eeb8fbd77b5dc961da4364af26e771bd39f379cbbf7 > > for > > https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/29/ > > Everything/aarch64/os/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz > > GDB CMD: /usr/bin/gdb-multiarch -q -n -batch -ex 'set pagination off' > > -ex 'set confirm off' -ex "py > > sys.argv=['/mnt/git/qemu_/tests/functional/ > > test_aarch64_reverse_debug.py']" -x /mnt/git/qemu_/tests/functional/ > > test_aarch64_reverse_debug.py > > [0/1] Running external command precache-functional (wrapped by meson to > > set env) > > make[1]: Entering directory '/mnt/git/qemu_/build' > > [1/6] Generating qemu-version.h with a custom command (wrapped by meson > > to capture output) > > /mnt/git/qemu_/build/pyvenv/bin/meson test --no-rebuild -t 1 --setup > > thorough --num-processes 10 --print-errorlogs --suite func --suite > > func- quick --suite func-thorough > > 1/27 qemu:func-thorough+func-aarch64-thorough+thorough / func-aarch64- > > aarch64_virt_gpu SKIP 1.95s 0 subtests > > passed > > I tried a couple of times now, and finally realized that it's the > "gdb-multiarch" binary that is missing on Fedora. And as far as I can see, > there is also no package that provides this on Fedora? So if we go ahead > with your patches, this test will only run on certain distros that provide > this binary.
'gdb-multiarch' is a command name invented by Debian. On Fedora, the regular 'gdb' binary is built with support for multiple architectures for the purpose of remote debugging. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
