GNU bug report logs - #32226
shadowfile test failures

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Message #23 received at 32226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 32226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32226: shadowfile test failures
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 15:25:49 +0300

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org,  32226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:13:55 +0200
> 
> > Now all of the tests are skipped, is this expected?
> 
> Yes, it is for MS Windows. See the definition of
> shadow-test-remote-temporary-file-directory.
> 
> If you know a temporary directory located on a remote host, you could
> run
> 
> # env REMOTE_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY=/plink:host:/tmp make -C test shadowfile-tests
> 
> See the explanation of $REMOTE_TEMPORARY_FILE_DIRECTORY in the
> Commentary section of tramp-tests.el. Hmm, maybe I should add a similar
> Commentary section to shadowfile-tests.el

Hmm, I'm not sure I follow.  For the test purposes, you are actually
shadowing the files to the current system, right?  If so, the location
of the temporary directory is known, right?

Or am I missing something?

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