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system information in test-suite.log?

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: automake-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: system information in test-suite.log?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:10:18 -0700

I had the idea that it would be helpful to put basic system information
into test-suite.log, as shown below. Although most people reporting bugs
are good about including their system info, not everyone does. And
details are good.

I figured the output of uname -a and /etc/os-release || /etc/issue would
be enough to go on. That certainly won't cover all systems, but if
nothing shows up, we'll be no worse off. I eliminated the local host
name from uname -a for privacy, just in case. I don't think anything
else in there is at all problematic.

I don't think anything anything parses test-suite.log with such rigidity
that adding some lines near the beginning will cause problems, and
automake's own make check didn't care, but I guess I don't know for sure.

If anyone sees a problem with this, let me know. --thanks, karl.

============================================
   GNU Automake 1.16.90: ./test-suite.log
============================================

# TOTAL: 1
# PASS:  0
# SKIP:  0
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  1
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 0

Linux  5.14.0-362.18.1.el9_3.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jan 24 23:11:18 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="9.3 (Blue Onyx)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.3"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 9.3 (Blue Onyx)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"

. contents:: :depth: 2

--- a/lib/am/check.am
+++ b/lib/am/check.am
@@ -356,11 +359,25 @@ $(TEST_SUITE_LOG): $(TEST_LOGS)
 	  result_count $$1 "XPASS:" $$xpass "$$red"; \
 	  result_count $$1 "ERROR:" $$error "$$mgn"; \
 	}; \
+##
+## Write some basic system info in the log. 
+	output_system_information () \
+	{ \
+## Omit the hostname for privacy.  In practice it's a single word?
+          echo;                                    \
+	  (uname -a | awk '{$$2=""; print}') 2>&1; \
+	  if test -r /etc/os-release; then         \
+	    sed 8q /etc/os-release;                \
+	  elif test -r /etc/issue; then            \
+	    cat /etc/issue;                        \
+	  fi;                                      \
+	}; \
 ## Write "global" testsuite log.
 	{								\
 	  echo "$(PACKAGE_STRING): $(subdir)/$(TEST_SUITE_LOG)" |	\
 	    $(am__rst_title);						\
 	  create_testsuite_report --no-color;				\
+	  output_system_information;                                    \
 	  echo;								\
 	  echo ".. contents:: :depth: 2";				\
 	  echo;								\

Message #8 received at 68746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: 68746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#68746] system information in test-suite.log?
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 08:50:39 -0700

I installed this change to emit system info in test-suite.log.  I tried
to write it so any failure would be ignored, since it's not critical
information.  We'll see. -k

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