> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:03:13 +0200 > From: Patrice Dumas <[email protected]> > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 05:44:35PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 06:38:15PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > The prove.sh test fails here, because the version of 'prove' I have > > > with MSYS is too old (1.04), and it doesn't support the -w switch. I > > > do have 'prove' as part of the newer Perl I use with texi2any, but > > > it's a Windows batch file, so it will be difficult to invoke that from > > > a Bash shell script. > > > > > > Do we really need the -w switch? If I remove it, the test passes. > > > > Sorry, I see the file tp/prove.sh but I don't know anything about how > > that file is used in the test suite. Patrice? > > tp/prove.sh is not used in the test suite, it is here as a convenience > to run directly the t/*.t tests, and not through the automake generated > facilities.
But "make check" in the top-level directory does run prove.sh. Why is that?
