[FYI] {micro} tests: use perl, not find+rm, to remove temporary directories

2013-05-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
The File::Path::rmtree function from perl, if used right, is more reliable and more portable of our past idiom: find $dirs -type d ! -perm -700 -exec chmod u+rwx {} ';'; rm -rf $$dirs || exit 1 at least of the face of unreadable dirs/files and other similar permission issues (and we have

[PATCH] tests: remove remaining exec bits ('master' branch)

2013-05-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
The executable bit gives the impression that the tests are directly runnable, as with "./t/foo.sh", but it has been a while since that was the case. Today, tests are runnable only through "make check" or "./runtest". This change is for the 'master' branch (automake 1.99a), and is a follow-up to c

[FYI] Merge branch 'maint' into master

2013-05-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
commit 0985d6733053662d4117f4a740032e4c472b4f6a Merge: c91f24a 9c46842 Author: Stefano Lattarini Date: Thu May 16 13:46:17 2013 +0200 Merge branch 'maint' * maint: tests: remove remaining exec bits ('maint' branch) tests: remove exec bit from all of them ('micro' branch)

[FYI] {maint} tests: remove exec bit from all of them ('maint' branch)

2013-05-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
It gives the impression that they are directly runnable, as with "./t/foo.sh", but it has been a while since that was the case. Today, tests are runnable only through "make check" or "./runtest". This change is for the 'maint' branch (automake 1.13a), and is a follow-up to commit 'v1.13.2-3-g7401

[FYI] Merge branch 'micro' into maint

2013-05-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
commit 6aaa128d3a20fd3e3cc60a695be1f7368203a688 Merge: 5969f68 74017b5 Author: Stefano Lattarini Date: Thu May 16 13:35:45 2013 +0200 Merge branch 'micro' into maint * micro: tests: remove exec bit from all of them ('micro' branch) maint: tests no longer need to have execut

[FYI] {micro} maint: tests no longer need to have executable bit set

2013-05-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
It has been a while since they are runnable only through "make check" or "./runtest", and not directly. * HACKING: Adjust. * t/README: Likewise, and updated the surrounding text to get rid of obsolete statements and advices. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- HACKING | 2 -- t/README | 6 +++