On 05/20/2013 09:50 AM, Martin Storsjö wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2013, Luca Barbato wrote:
> 
>> On 05/19/2013 10:38 PM, Martin Storsjö wrote:
>>> If upgrading an older build config, where newly added e.g.
>>> decoders aren't present, to a newer git version where fate tests
>>> exist that have dependencies declared on this codec, all make
>>> invocations error out with "No such config: CONFIG_NEW_DECODER".
>>> This is an intended feature to make sure that fate test
>>> dependencies actually refer to existing config items.
>>>
>>> In cases where upgrading an old build (and reconfiguring with
>>> "make config"), this is an inconvenience. With this patch in
>>> place, the caller can ignore these missing dependencies
>>> by setting ALLOW_MISSING_CONFIG=1 during that call.
>>> ---
>>>  tests/Makefile |    2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> I like the idea.
> 
> Perhaps the error message also could be extended to mention this, so
> that people that run into this issue won't have to search for what
> parameter to set.
> 
> I also toyed with the idea to make this the default, but that'd easily
> lead to people forgetting to set the variable to make sure fate tests
> they add are properly set up.

The best would be making so make config is the only thing triggering
it... Maybe is feasible.

> 
> // Martin
> 
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