Re: Multiple issues on GNU/hurd

[Pádraig Brady]

On 03/01/16 00:20, James Youngman wrote:
> I've updated the findutils git tree to current head, so that should
> pass.   Opinions on precisely what gnulib commit to use for an updated
> findutils stable release are invited :)
> 
> But this test failed on a stable findutils release, which is a
> concern.  Looking quickly at the test it seems that the problem is
> that I had no Chinese locale installed (now fixed).   Hence this test
> self-disabled instead of running for "make distcheck".   That's a
> missed opportunity.
> 
> Is there any way to tell the gnulib test suite to fail if any locale
> required for a test is not available?  I understand this wouldn't be
> an attractive default, but I'd much rather have a clear test failure
> than a bad release (again).

Well I suppose we could warn in that case.
For example, a recent test we changed from a false fail to a warning was:
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=commitdiff;h=81d0a264

cheers,
Pádraig