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GNU coreutils 8.5 "make check" => tests/test-suite.log 8 of 365 tests failed

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 6547 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6547: GNU coreutils 8.5 "make check" => tests/test-suite.log
	8	of 365 tests failed
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:27:35 +0100

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On 02/09/10 12:39, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Regarding your proposed new test, there is a slightly
> more efficient way to do it:
> 
>   $ git grep df.--local tests
>   tests/du/basic:if df --local . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>   tests/du/slink:if df --local . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>   ...
> 
> I.e., you can examine merely the exit status.
> If you do that, please encapsulate the test in a function
> to be defined in tests/init.cfg, I suppose.

OK cool,
I'll apply something like the following untested patch later.

cheers,
Pádraig.

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