From: Fred Fish <fnf@specifix.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 00:27:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Note that failures under linux for backtrace through signal handler
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Note that failures under linux for backtrace through signal handler
are not consistent among different systems, or even the same system.
---

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/a1-selftest.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/a1-selftest.exp
index e431924fea3..f8718b041a7 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/a1-selftest.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/a1-selftest.exp
@@ -455,6 +455,10 @@ GDB.*Copyright \[0-9\]+ Free Software Foundation, Inc..*$prompt $"\
     }
     
     # get a stack trace
+    #
+    # This fails on some linux systems for unknown reasons.  On the
+    # systems where it fails, sometimes it works fine when run manually.
+    # The testsuite failures may not be limited to just aout systems.
     setup_xfail "i*86-*-linuxaout"
     set description "backtrace through signal handler"
     send "backtrace\n"