GNU bug report logs - #15991
24.3.50; Wishlist: Make test suite user-friendlier

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 20:06:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 15991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15991: 24.3.50; Wishlist: Make test suite user-friendlier
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:23:10 +0200
Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Glenn Morris wrote:
>
>>> ~/src/emacs> make -B -C test/automated tramp-tests.log
>>
>> Yes, the issue is that the log depends only on the test source file,
>> not on "all of Emacs".
>
> I mean, we could force it so that the tests are simply run every time,
> but I wasn't sure if that was preferable.

I believe it is desirable to run the tests unconditionally when invoked
via make. People call "make check" for a reason.

Maybe you could even offer the test package name as target. Then one
could call "make -C test/automated tramp-tests",

There is another issue. By redirecting the output to a file, the
password prompt for tramp-tests isn't visible anymore. This is a real
regression, because these tests are intended to run for different remote
file names. Could you pipe the test output through tee or something like
this? I don't know how portable this would be, 'tho.

Best regards, Michael.




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