A new board file remote-gdbserver-on-localhost.exp
Commit Message
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> writes:
> While using your board file to try to reproduce the failure, I found
> that it can stale on:
>
> (gdb) spawn /usr/bin/ssh -l user localhost
> /path/to/gdb/build-original/gdb/testsuite/../gdbserver/gdbserver --once :2346
> /path/to/gdb/build-original/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/coredump-filter
> The authenticity of host 'localhost (::1)' can't be established.
> ECDSA key fingerprint is xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
> got a INT signal, interrupted by user
>
> It also can stale if the user needs to provide a password to log into
> the system (which normally is the case). BTW, how do you use the board
> in this case?
You need to use the right private key to access localhost without typing
password or passphrase. In your ~/.ssh/config,
Host localhost
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_phraseless
Host 127.0.0.1
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_phraseless
>
> *And* it also assumes that the user will have a sshd running on
> localhost, which is not always the case, right?
>
Well, it is reasonable to have sshd running on a gdb dev box.
> So maybe the board could check for those cases and act accordingly, or
> at least the introductory comments on the board file could be extended
> to mention those situations.
Yes, I've added some comments into it.
Comments
Yao Qi <qiyaoltc@gmail.com> writes:
> From: Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:59:04 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Add comments on using board file remote-gdbserver-on-localhost.exp
>
> This commit is to add comments on using this board file and the
> requirements on localhost.
>
> gdb/testsuite:
>
> 2015-04-28 Yao Qi <yao.qi@linaro.org>
>
> * boards/remote-gdbserver-on-localhost.exp: Add comments.
I've pushed it in.
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ set_board_info compiler "[find_gcc]"
process_multilib_options ""
+# The sshd should be running on localhost and ssh key should be
+# correctly set up that you ssh to localhost without having to type
+# password.
set_board_info rcp_prog "/usr/bin/scp"
set_board_info rsh_prog "/usr/bin/ssh"
set_board_info protocol standard