* Niels Thykier (ni...@thykier.net) wrote: > Control: reassign -1 debhelper,automake > > On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:15:30 +0100 Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> wrote: > > Package: debhelper > > Version: 9.20140228 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Recent versions of Automake have a new "test driver" that records test > > output in log files rather than printing it to stdout/stderr. It is > > not typically possible to retrieve these log files from the buildds. > > > > If the environment variable VERBOSE is set to a non-empty value when > > running such tests, this output is suppressed for successful or > > skipped tests, but is sent to stdout for failed tests. This seems > > like "the best of both worlds" for maintainer and buildd use: the > > information is logged in exactly those cases where it is needed. > > > > Please consider running Automake tests with VERBOSE=1. > > > > Regards, > > S > > > > [...] > > Hi, > > On #debian-devel, it was proposed to have automake change the default to > be more verbose on test failures. Eric, what do you think of that idea? :)
Sounds like a reasonable idea to me, I don't perceive any problems with it. -- Eric Dorland <e...@kuroneko.ca> 43CF 1228 F726 FD5B 474C E962 C256 FBD5 0022 1E93
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