GNU bug report logs - #19775
Test failing after the CVE fix

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Vladimír Čunát <vcunat <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 23:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Vladimír Čunát <vcunat <at> gmail.com>
To: 19775 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#19775: Test failing after the CVE fix
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 09:54:10 +0100

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On 02/05/2015 01:56 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> XFAIL means it's eXpected to FAIL.  So when the test fails, that means
> the test is working (though 'grep' itself has a bug, of course).

I seem to be missing some basic understanding. The test is eXpected to 
fail, and it fails with assertion error, but "make check" fails (all 
other tests are passed or skipped).

Or is the assertion failure a wrong way to fail in the test?


Vladimir



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