Re: [PATCH] tests init: new subroutine 'fatal_', for hard errors

[Eric Blake]

On 06/07/2011 02:22 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> +fatal_ () { warn_ "$ME_: hard error: $@"; Exit 99; }
> 
> What is a "hard error"?
> 
> I thought a test could either succeed, or fail, or produce no result due to
> unexpected circumstances, and this last case was called "framework failure".
> Quartum non datur.
> 
> So, what is a "hard error"? 

Exit status 99 is special to automake - it says quit the testsuite now,
regardless of how many tests remain, because this error is indicative of
something so seriously broken that many other tests will likely fail as
a knock-on effect of the bug exposed by this failure.

All other failure exit status let automake proceed on with the remainder
of the testsuite.

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