On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 11:00:22PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 11:43:16PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 10:21:01PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > > Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:43:45 +0200
> > > > From: Patrice Dumas <pertu...@free.fr>
> > > > 
> > > > Many info tests on cygwin-32 fail (release 7.1 branch).  I attach the
> > > > info tests log, I can provide more information on configure output, and
> > > > some other logs if needed.
> > > > 
> > > > =====================================================
> > > >    GNU Texinfo 7.1.1-20240920: info/test-suite.log
> > > > =====================================================
> > > > 
> > > > # TOTAL: 87
> > > > # PASS:  51
> > > > # SKIP:  0
> > > > # XFAIL: 0
> > > > # FAIL:  36
> > > > # XPASS: 0
> > > > # ERROR: 0
> > > 
> > > That's most probably the side effect of using Cygwin tools again: the
> > > native port of info cannot run many of the tests because the test rig
> > > uses features not supported by native Windows programs (emulation of
> > > terminals and other such stuff).  When running the tests with MSYS,
> > > the test suite detects that and skips those tests, but since you run
> > > them with Cygwin, I'm guessing that the way the test suite detects
> > > Windows ports fails for some reason.
> > > 
> > > My records from running the test suite in Texinfo-7.1 indicate that 56
> > > of the info tests were skipped, whereas above you say that none were
> > > skipped.  So I'm quite sure this is the reason.
> > 
> > Actually, my feeling is that it is the absence of posix_openpt that
> > triggers have_ptys to be false, which in turn causes pseudotty not to
> > be built.  In the CI tests, cygwin have posix_openpt, while mingw (in
> > cygwin) does not.
> > 
> > Gavin, maybe you could have a look?
> 
> My first question is what exactly "mingw in cygwin" means.  If this is
> some mixture of mingw (i.e. a native MS-Windows environment) and cygwin
> then it may not be a setup worth supporting, due to subtle incompatibilities
> between the two, as has been recently discussed.
> 
> If it is Texinfo built on cygwin to run in cygwin, as a cygwin program
> (not a native MS-Windows program), that is different and may be more worth
> supporting.

This case is indeed Texinfo built on cygwin to run in cygwin, as a cygwin
program.

-- 
Pat

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