GNU bug report logs - #54180
[PATCH 00/12] Home: Clarify and better test symlink-manager.scm

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 54180 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#54180] [PATCH 09/12] tests: Check 'guix home reconfigure' for a second generation.
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 16:49:29 +0100

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Ludovic Courtès schreef op zo 27-02-2022 om 14:53 [+0100]:
> * tests/guix-home.sh: Invoke "guix home reconfigure" a second time with
> a modify config file and check the result.

Something I don't understand, is why these tests are bash scripts in
the first place.

Wouldn't Scheme code suffice and be easier to reason about?  For
example, Scheme code would avoid repeating the complicated code for
starting a daemon and making sure it exits in every .sh test.

Greetings
Maxime.

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