On Tuesday 07 September 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 06:00:04PM CEST: > > Darn, I've been sloppy: I should have also asked you to provide > > us with the (tarred) content of the temporary test directory > > `tests/silent5.dir'. Could you kindly send this over to the list > > too? > > > > (<NOTE> to self and to Ralf: it would be nice if the Automake > > testsuite could create, whenever a failure occurs, a tarball > > containg all the relevant logs and the contents of all relevant > > temporary test directories, to avoid plaguing the poor bug > > reporters with continuos requests of more details </NOTE>) > > Actually, I haven't come across many test failures where more > information was necessary. At least in this case I think it was > crystal clear from the silent5.log file, no? ;-) Only if you are smarter than me (which you probably are ;-)
> One practical problem with sending test directory contents by > default is that they can be pretty large. True enough; see my answer to Bob follow-up message. > When multiple failures occur, say, all Libtool-related tests fail > due to a Libtool installation bug, we're speaking of several MB > packed. I don't really want this sent to a public mailing list > read by dozens of people. Agreed; see my answer to Bob follow-up message. Regards, Stefano
