Re: [bison 3.1/test suite] all syncline tests failing Windows (illegal characters in test file names)

[Akim Demaille]

> Le 27 oct. 2018 à 14:33, Jannick <address@hidden> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Akim,
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Applied and it works on my Windows machine: The 4 syncline tests are skipped 
> now as expected.

Great, thanks!

> I am just wondering if this is a must that they are skipped or if another .y 
> test file could be used machines in the bison game (most likely) accept. This 
> could avoid to turn a blind eye to tests failing due to platform specifics.

The point of this test is to check that we support «  and \ in file names,

> As an aside: I did not use the package you referenced below. I simply added 
> the new line in synclines.at and run check. But results should be the same.

Sure.  But I would like to know if the candidate 3.2 works properly in
your environment.

> And finally as a heads-up: I'll send a small patch package on enhancements to 
> the xsl family to address@hidden (instead of a github pull request) later 
> today. I hope that things are fine with what and how I did it. But please 
> give a shout otherwise.

Mail is fine, thanks!