Re: [PATCH] Document AM_MISSING_PROG.

2007-11-05 Thread Benoit Sigoure
On Nov 6, 2007, at 5:04 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:24:11AM CET: On Nov 5, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Would be good to also have a test with a program that does not exist, i.e., a test that exposes all aspects of `missing's func

Re: [PATCH] Document AM_MISSING_PROG.

2007-11-05 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Benoit Sigoure wrote on Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:24:11AM CET: > On Nov 5, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > >>By the way, the TODO file seems to have many rusted entries that > >>have been lying there for too long or completed since a long time > >>already. > > > >Yes. If you could

Re: [PATCH] Document AM_MISSING_PROG.

2007-11-05 Thread Benoit Sigoure
On Nov 5, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: On Nov 4, 2007, at 1:49 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: This is fine with me, given that we document AM_MISSING_PROG in Automake. That is not completely trivial, though: typically, the "missing" script needs adjustment for tools, making it un-gen

Re: [PATCH] Document AM_MISSING_PROG.

2007-11-05 Thread Benoit Sigoure
On Nov 5, 2007, at 8:14 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hello Benoit, * Benoit SIGOURE wrote on Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:44:50PM CET: --- a/tests/Makefile.am +++ b/tests/Makefile.am @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ alpha.test \ alpha2.test \ amassign.test \ ammissing.test \ +ammissingprog.test \ amopt.test \

Re: [PATCH] Document AM_MISSING_PROG.

2007-11-05 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Benoit, * Benoit Sigoure wrote on Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:22:37PM CET: > Please drop autoconf-patches when replying. Thanks. Done. > On Nov 4, 2007, at 1:49 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > This is fine with me, given that we document AM_MISSING_PROG in > > Automake. That is not comple

Re: colorful tests

2007-11-05 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Bob, Thanks for your and Benoit's feedback! * Bob Proulx wrote on Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 12:47:02AM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > Does anybody know how to test that colorful output actually happens? > > Since the colorful output of check.mk now uses 'tput' and 'tput' uses > TERM, it shou

Re: [PATCH] Document AM_MISSING_PROG.

2007-11-05 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Benoit, * Benoit SIGOURE wrote on Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 08:44:50PM CET: >> --- a/tests/Makefile.am >> +++ b/tests/Makefile.am >> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ alpha.test \ >> alpha2.test \ >> amassign.test \ >> ammissing.test \ >> +ammissingprog.test \ >> amopt.test \ >> amsubst.test \ >> ansi.test

Re: colorful tests

2007-11-05 Thread Benoit Sigoure
On Nov 5, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Benoit Sigoure wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: For example when capturing output with 'script' all of those escape sequences get in the way. If you do this, it will DWYM unless you have a broken implementation of `test -t' (which should be reported so w

Re: colorful tests

2007-11-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Benoit Sigoure wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > >For example when capturing output with 'script' all of those > >escape sequences get in the way. > > If you do this, it will DWYM unless you have a broken implementation > of `test -t' (which should be reported so we can mention it in the > "limitat

Re: colorful tests

2007-11-05 Thread Benoit Sigoure
On Nov 5, 2007, at 1:13 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: Benoit SIGOURE wrote: Now I think that the no-color-tests could be useful for those out there that are allergic to fancy colors and stuff, so I think it'll be worth implementing it (which is easy). I am not quite alergic to it but put me in the bl