Subject: Re: [bug#71592] [PATCH 2/3] gnu: emacs-org-super-agenda: Ignore failing tests.

From: Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 17:53:30 +0200

Am Sonntag, dem 16.06.2024 um 11:30 -0400 schrieb Suhail Singh:
> 
> * gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm (emacs-org-super-agenda): Ignore tests
> that fail
> with emacs-org 9.7.4.
> 
> Change-Id: I06c3ec4a6b279b3cbf2efc392dc930b088f2b569
> ---
>  gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm | 12 ++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
> index 9a57a0fbf7..cf0488d5c7 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
> @@ -23608,8 +23608,16 @@ (define-public emacs-org-super-agenda
>                   (string-append (getcwd) "/test/results.el")))
>                ;; The following tests fail.
>                (substitute* "test/test.el"
> -                ((".* org-super-agenda-test--with-retained-sorting
> .*" all)
> -                 (string-append all "  (skip-unless nil)\n"))))))))
> +                  ((".* org-super-agenda-test--auto-parent .*" all)
> +                   (string-append all "  (skip-unless nil)\n"))
> +                  ;; some tests are using an obsolete variable
> +                  (("\\(org-super-agenda-retain-sorting ")
> +                   "(org-super-agenda-keep-order ")
> +                  ;; however, they still fail ...
> +                  ((".* org-super-agenda-test--with-retained-sorting
> .*" all)
> +                   (string-append all "  (skip-unless nil)\n"))
> +                  ((".* org-super-agenda-test--without-retained-
> sorting .*" all)
> +                   (string-append all "  (skip-unless
> nil)\n"))))))))
I think a comment here noting the incompatibility would be nice.
Perhaps marked as a TODO, so that updaters know to remove it.

Cheers