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control test "PASS" exit status on a per-test basis

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From: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 23521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23521: XFAIL
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 17:49:54 +0200

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> On 19 May 2016 at 00:04, Mathieu Lirzin <mthl <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
>     > It is often easier to write expected-to-fail tests this way (so
>     that
>     > they can all look the same), rather than have to have, for
>     example, an
>     > extra driver that converts expected errors into success codes
>     for the
>     > automake test harness.
>     
>     What do you mean precisely by “an extra driver”?
>     
>
> ​A custom test driver.​

OK, I wasn't sure.  Indeed a custom test driver seems a bit heavy just
checking failures.  IMO the solution Peter proposed is nice and simple.

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin

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