Re: unused test files, verify.h problem in libvirt

[Bruno Haible]

Eric Blake wrote:
> why do they exist if no test module mentions them?

> tests/test-stpncpy.c
> tests/test-stpncpy.out.aix433
> tests/test-stpncpy.out.glibc

This is a manual test of how stpncpy is working. It could be removed;
I had it committed in case this function is buggy in other platforms as well.

> tests/test-iconvme.c

This is a manual test of the iconvme module (now replaced by the striconv
module).

> tests/test-echo.sh

This is a test for a piece of code that is part of gnulib-tool.
Do you know how to organize shell script functions and their tests in a
better way?

> tests/test-verify.c

This is a test for verify.h. It is supposed to provoke error messages
in specific lines. This does not fit into the way we package tests.

> tests/test-getpass.c

This is a manual test.

> [-Wredundant-decls]

I would disable this warning unconditionally. See
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2008-12/msg00046.html>

Bruno