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[bug#54180] [PATCH 00/12] Home: Clarify and better test symlink-manager.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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[bug#54180] [PATCH 00/12] Home: Clarify and better test symlink-manager.scm |
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Sat, 05 Mar 2022 23:20:31 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès schreef op zo 27-02-2022 om 14:53 [+0100]:
>> * tests/guix-home.sh: Invoke "guix home reconfigure" a second time with
>> a modify config file and check the result.
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> Something I don't understand, is why these tests are bash scripts in
> the first place.
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> Wouldn't Scheme code suffice and be easier to reason about? For
> example, Scheme code would avoid repeating the complicated code for
> starting a daemon and making sure it exits in every .sh test.
It’s useful to have integration tests that exercise the commands; unit
tests would also be welcome, but that’s what we have so far.