runtime: require gdb version 7.9 for gdb test

Issue 11214 reports problems with older versions of gdb.  It does work
with gdb 7.9 on my Ubuntu Trusty system, so take that as the minimum
required version.

Fixes golang#11214.

Change-Id: I61b732895506575be7af595f81fc1bcf696f58c2
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/12626
Reviewed-by: Austin Clements <[email protected]>

src/runtime/runtime-gdb_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -22,6 +23,23 @@ func checkGdbPython(t *testing.T) {
 	if string(out) != "go gdb python support\n" {
 		t.Skipf("skipping due to lack of python gdb support: %s", out)
 	}
+
+	// Issue 11214 reports various failures with older versions of gdb.
+	out, err = exec.Command("gdb", "--version").CombinedOutput()
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)`)
+	matches := re.FindSubmatch(out)
+	if len(matches) < 3 {
+		t.Skipf("skipping: can't determine gdb version from\n%s\n", out)
+	}
+	major, err1 := strconv.Atoi(string(matches[1]))
+	minor, err2 := strconv.Atoi(string(matches[2]))
+	if err1 != nil || err2 != nil {
+		t.Skipf("skipping: can't determine gdb version: %v, %v", err1, err2)
+	}
+	if major < 7 || (major == 7 && minor < 7) {
+		t.Skipf("skipping: gdb version %d.%d too old", major, minor)
+	}
+	t.Logf("gdb version %d.%d", major, minor)
 }
 
 const helloSource = `