bug#8969: improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases

2011-07-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 12:59:53AM CEST: Subject: [PATCH] docs, tests: synchronize examples from docs to tests * tests/README (Writing test cases): Give suggestions on how to keep test cases and examples in the documentation synchronized. * doc/automake.texi:

bug#8969: improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases

2011-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 06 July 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 12:59:53AM CEST: Subject: [PATCH] docs, tests: synchronize examples from docs to tests * tests/README (Writing test cases): Give suggestions on how to keep test cases and examples in the

Re: [PATCH] {GSoC} tests defs: new auxiliary function 'count_test_results'

2011-07-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Stefano, and sorry for yet another delay, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:00:25PM CEST: Posted below is a patch that I'll soon apply to the temporary branch 'GSoC/experimental/test-results-work'; it is aimed at reducing code duplication a bit in the current testsuite,

Re: [PATCH] {GSoC} parallel-tests: simplify testsuite summary

2011-07-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Stefano, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 03:31:22PM CEST: Prefer a more deterministic, tabular format for the testsuite summary, always listing the numbers of passed, failed, xfailed, xpassed, skipped and errored tests, even when these numbers are zero. This simplify the

Re: bug#8969: improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases

2011-07-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 12:59:53AM CEST: Subject: [PATCH] docs, tests: synchronize examples from docs to tests * tests/README (Writing test cases): Give suggestions on how to keep test cases and examples in the documentation synchronized. * doc/automake.texi:

Re: bug#8969: improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases

2011-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 06 July 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 12:59:53AM CEST: Subject: [PATCH] docs, tests: synchronize examples from docs to tests * tests/README (Writing test cases): Give suggestions on how to keep test cases and examples in the

Re: bug#8969: improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases

2011-07-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:32:56AM CEST: Oops, sorry. Fixed by the attached patch. OK for maint? I'll wait the customary 72 hours before pushing. Thanks. OK, but please remove all the comments about tar unportability in the tests. It's so obvious. ;-) (and there

Re: [PATCH] {GSoC} parallel-tests: simplify testsuite summary

2011-07-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 02:49:15PM CEST: On Wednesday 06 July 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 03:31:22PM CEST: Prefer a more deterministic, tabular format for the testsuite summary, always listing the numbers of

Re: [PATCH] {GSoC} tests defs: new auxiliary function 'count_test_results'

2011-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 06 July 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hi Stefano, and sorry for yet another delay, Hi Ralf, and sorry for stirring up some more noise below ;-) ... * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:00:25PM CEST: Posted below is a patch that I'll soon apply to the temporary

Re: [GSoC] Early design discussion for TAP/SubUnit support in automake.

2011-07-06 Thread Robert Collins
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Robert. OTOH, I do believe this is a real concern, to be carefully addressed and tested for.  Thanks for bringing this up. For Both TAP and subunit the test script running needs to feed into a

Re: [GSoC] Early design discussion for TAP/SubUnit support in automake.

2011-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 06 July 2011, Robert Collins wrote: On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Robert. OTOH, I do believe this is a real concern, to be carefully addressed and tested for. Thanks for bringing this up. For Both TAP and

bug#8969: improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases

2011-07-06 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:32:56AM CEST: Oops, sorry. Fixed by the attached patch. OK for maint? I'll wait the customary 72 hours before pushing. Thanks. OK, but please remove all the comments about tar unportability in the tests. It's so obvious. ;-) (and there

Re: [GSoC] Early design discussion for TAP/SubUnit support in automake.

2011-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hello Robert. On Wednesday 06 July 2011, Robert Collins wrote: Very sorry for the slow response, been EBUSY with real-life. On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 22 May 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Hi Stefano, and sorry for the

Nested Packages: multiple dependencies among autoconfiscated packages

2011-07-06 Thread Vítor Moscon
Hi, I am facing a problem with nested packages which have mutual library and header dependencies. I will try to explain my problem based on some changes of the arm and hand example, in 7.4 Nesting Packages, from GNU. Suppose that instead of having arm and hand packages my project application has