Re: [PATCH] Add strings -f testcase

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Project / Subsystem

binutils / binutils

Date

2026-09-18

Proposer

Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

—/10

Technical tradeoffs

• Improves test coverage for the `strings` utility.
• Minimal impact on existing functionality.

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project: binutils
subsystem: binutils
patch_id: —
discussion_id: 47260f4e-6024-436a-ac5a-458836df5bed@suse.com
source_type: public_inbox
title: Re: [PATCH] Add strings -f testcase
headline: Add strings -f testcase
tldr: Adds a new test case for the `strings -f` option.
proposer: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
consensus: Proposed
outcome: committed
sentiment_score: —
technical_tradeoffs: • Improves test coverage for the `strings` utility.
• Minimal impact on existing functionality.
series_id: —
series_role: standalone
series_parts: []
tags: • strings
• testsuite
• binutils
url: https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/47260f4e-6024-436a-ac5a-458836df5bed@suse.com
bugzilla_url: —
date: 2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Re: [PATCH] Add strings -f testcase

This patch introduces a new test case for the strings -f option in the binutils test suite. The change involves adding 17 lines of code to the strings.exp file to cover this specific functionality.