Re: Automake 1.11.2b test release

[Peter Rosin]

Stefano Lattarini skrev 2012-01-27 21:58:
> On 01/27/2012 09:40 PM, Peter Rosin wrote:
>> Stefano Lattarini skrev 2012-01-27 18:37:
>>
>>> Thanks for the link.  What do you think of the workaround provided by the
>>> attached patch?  Good to go before 1.11.3?
>>
>> I haven't tested the patch, but if you ask me, I don't like "hiding" this
>> in a SKIP.  This is another case where a "local" XFAIL would be really
>> nice.  How impossible is it to introduce some kind of mechanism that a
>> test can trigger when it has detected some condition that makes a future
>> FAIL expected?
>>
> It's already there -- in master only, where we have TAP support.

Ok, good!

>> Let me know if you still want me to test your patch.
>>
> Yes please, that would be appreciated.  We can apply the patch to maint as
> a band-aid, and switch to proper "localized XFAIL" once we merge to master
> (extra kudos to anyone who volunteers to implement such a follow-up ;-).

PASS on MinGW, SKIP on Cygwin. Good.

Cheers,
Peter