Hi Jim, Eric reminded me that it is good practice to provide a message that explains why a test is skipped. (When I did this in GNU gettext, it uncovered a couple of real bugs on various systems.)
How about this? OK to commit? 2008-09-26 Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh: Explain reason for skipping test. * tests/test-vc-list-files-cvs.sh: Likewise. --- tests/test-vc-list-files-cvs.sh.orig 2008-09-26 14:37:52.000000000 +0200 +++ tests/test-vc-list-files-cvs.sh 2008-09-26 13:46:43.000000000 +0200 @@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ mkdir $tmpdir && cd $tmpdir && # without cvs, skip the test # The double use of 'exit' is needed for the reference to $? inside the trap. - { ( cvs -Q -d "$repo" init ) > /dev/null 2>&1 || { (exit 77); exit 77; }; } && + { ( cvs -Q -d "$repo" init ) > /dev/null 2>&1 \ + || { echo "Skipping test: git not found in PATH"; (exit 77); exit 77; }; } && mkdir w && cd w && mkdir d && touch d/a b c && --- tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh.orig 2008-09-26 14:37:52.000000000 +0200 +++ tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh 2008-09-26 13:46:43.000000000 +0200 @@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ mkdir $tmpdir && cd $tmpdir && # without git, skip the test # The double use of 'exit' is needed for the reference to $? inside the trap. - { ( git init -q ) > /dev/null 2>&1 || { (exit 77); exit 77; }; } && + { ( git init -q ) > /dev/null 2>&1 \ + || { echo "Skipping test: git not found in PATH"; (exit 77); exit 77; }; } && mkdir d && touch d/a b c && git add . > /dev/null &&