Re: [PATCH] add tests for vc-list-files

[Jim Meyering]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm slightly leery of adding a test for a non-essential tool like
> vc-list-files, since everyone who uses the module will now pull in
> this test, and possibly get a test failure.  Such a failure doesn't
> really matter in general -- most people don't run "make syntax-check"
> or "make distcheck" -- so a test failure here is most definitely no
> cause for alarm and no reason not to install the package.
>
> Of course, gnulib-using packages that want to avoid a test like
> this can easily just exclude it.
>
> Opinions?

I've gone ahead and pushed that.
I figure that if someone cares enough to use the vc-list-files module,
they're interested in knowing if/when it doesn't work.