Skip gdb.base/gdbinit-history.exp on remote hosts.

2015-12-14  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>

	gdb/testsuite/
	* gdb.base/gdbinit-history.exp: Skip for remote-host testing.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 7f3c05c..b46ccbd 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2015-12-14  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
 
+       * gdb.base/gdbinit-history.exp: Skip for remote-host testing.
+
+2015-12-14  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
+
        * gdb.base/gdbhistsize-history.exp: Skip for remote-host testing.
 
 2015-12-14  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history.exp
index 85ef12f..3f726d1 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history.exp
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
 
 # Test the setting of "history size" via $HOME/.gdbinit
 
+# This test depends on being able to set $HOME and $GDBHISTSIZE.
+# We cannot expect remote hosts to see environment variables set on the
+# local machine.
+
+if { [is_remote host] } {
+    unsupported "can't set environment variables on remote host"
+    return -1
+}
 
 # Check that the history size is properly set to SIZE when reading the .gdbinit
 # file located in HOME with the environment variable GDBHISTSIZE optionally