GNU bug report logs - #30700
27.0.50; Broken tests on macOS

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 19:06:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 30700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30700: 27.0.50; Broken tests on macOS
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 17:48:35 -0500

Philipp wrote:

> 1. Instead of invoking GCC, save GCC's output once in a checked-in file.
>    That makes the test more robust and reproducible because it no longer
>    depends on the behavior of external programs.

To me, part of the point of tests like these is to flag when changes
(or local variations in behaviour) in the external tool necessitate
changes in Emacs.
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