Index: /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vbox.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vbox.py	(revision 71537)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testdriver/vbox.py	(revision 71538)
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 __copyright__ = \
 """
-Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Oracle Corporation
+Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Oracle Corporation
 
 This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
@@ -1038,5 +1038,5 @@
                 reporter.log('term="%s" gdb="%s"' % (sTerm, sGdbCmdLine));
                 os.environ['SHELL'] = self.sOrgShell; # Non-working shell may cause gdb and/or the term problems.
-                self.oVBoxSvcProcess = base.Process.spawnp(sTerm, sTerm, '-e', sGdbCmdLine);
+                self.oVBoxSvcProcess = base.Process.spawnp(sTerm, sTerm, '-e', sGdbCmdLine); ## @todo -e  is deprecated; use "-- <args>".
                 os.environ['SHELL'] = self.sOurShell;
                 if self.oVBoxSvcProcess is not None: