Re: [PATCH 1/2] tests: make test runner a script, not a shell function (was: Automake patches for custom test drivers' support break coreutils testsuite)

2011-06-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Saturday 18 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Saturday 18 June 2011, Jim Meyering wrote: > > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > >> ... > > >> > > > >> > In order to work with the upcoming new Automake testsuite harness, > > >> > coreutils > > >> > have two possibilities: > > >> > 1. move the

[PATCH 1/2] tests: make test runner a script, not a shell function (was: Automake patches for custom test drivers' support break coreutils testsuite)

2011-06-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Saturday 18 June 2011, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> ... > >> > > >> > In order to work with the upcoming new Automake testsuite harness, > >> > coreutils > >> > have two possibilities: > >> > 1. move the `shell_or_perl_' subroutine's functionality into a real > >> > acr

Re: bug#8846: coreutils-8.12 on HP-UX 11.31: 3 of 365 tests failed

2011-06-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 16 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Tuesday 14 June 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > [adding automake-patches on CC:] > > > > Reference to original thread(s), mostly duplicated: > > > >

Re: Automake patches for custom test drivers' support break coreutils testsuite

2011-06-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> ... >> > >> > In order to work with the upcoming new Automake testsuite harness, >> > coreutils >> > have two possibilities: >> > 1. move the `shell_or_perl_' subroutine's functionality into a real >> > acript, >> > and define the LOG_COMPILER to point to it; or >

Re: [PATCH] {maint} distcheck: add support for AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS

2011-06-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 15 June 2011, Eric Blake wrote: > On 06/15/2011 11:16 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > Hi Eric. > >> As for a valid use of AM_DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS, the m4 package > >> normally configures --without-changeword, but it is useful to have 'make > >> distcheck' exercise the --with-chan

Re: Automake patches for custom test drivers' support break coreutils testsuite

2011-06-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Saturday 18 June 2011, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > [Adding bug-coreutils] > > > > Reference: > > > > > > On Friday 17 June 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > >> I generally like the direction this is t