gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/argument-errors.exp

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# Test gdbserver prints a suitable message when argument values are
# missing.

load_lib gdbserver-support.exp

standard_testfile

require allow_gdbserver_tests

set gdbserver [find_gdbserver]
if { $gdbserver == "" } {
    unsupported "could not find gdbserver"
    return
}

# Start gdbserver using CMD_ARGS and a non-existent program name.  We
# expect to see an error message matching ERROR_RE from gdbserver.
proc test_argument_error { cmd_args error_re } {
    # Fire off gdbserver.  gdbserver should give an error because
    # --debug-file is missing its argument.
    set spawn_id [remote_spawn target "$::gdbserver $cmd_args non-existing-program"]

    set saw_expected_error false
    set test "check gdbserver error: $cmd_args"
    expect {
	-i $spawn_id
	-re $error_re {
	    set saw_expected_error true
	    exp_continue
	}
	eof {
	    gdb_assert $saw_expected_error $test
	    wait
	}
	timeout {
	    fail "$test (timeout)"
	}
    }

    # expect defaults to spawn_id in many places.  Avoid confusing any
    # following code.
    unset spawn_id
}

# Check that an argument that expects a value will not use a port, or
# another argument, as its value.
foreach arg { --debug-format --debug-file } {
    test_argument_error "$arg stdio" \
	"Missing argument value for: $arg"
    test_argument_error "$arg :54321" \
	"Missing argument value for: $arg"
    test_argument_error "$arg -" \
	"Missing argument value for: $arg"
    test_argument_error "$arg --once -" \
	"Missing argument value for: $arg"
}

# Test unknown argument handling.
test_argument_error "--unknown -" \
    "Unknown argument: --unknown"
test_argument_error "-unknown -" \
    "Unknown argument: -unknown"
test_argument_error "--unknown=blah -" \
    "Unknown argument: --unknown"