On Fri, Nov 24 2023, Michael J. Gruber wrote:
> So, with the key-value pairs sorted by both, I resumed testing for Python
> 3.1.13 and encountered failing T380 which gave me some a deja-vue due to
> its confusing messages:
>
> ```
> T380-atomicity: Testing atomicity
> cat: outcount: No such file or directory
> /builddir/build/BUILD/notmuch-0.38.1/test/T380-atomicity.sh: line 79: ((: i
> < : syntax error: operand expected (error token is "< ")
Minimal change would be to change line:
for ((i = 0; i < $outcount; i++)); do
as
for ((i = 0; i < ${outcount:=0}; i++)); do
that would change the empty ('') $outcount to be as '0', and also
return the same value (0) there in expression.
Then, at least the message is less confusing...
Tomi
> PASS "notmuch new" is idempotent under arbitrary aborts
> FAIL detected >10 abort points
> test -gt 10
> /builddir/build/BUILD/notmuch-0.38.1/test/test-lib.sh: line 701: test: -gt:
> unary operator expected
> ```
>
> And that is why this is a reply to the old thread where I suggested making
> this less confusing, because everything reported is not the actual failure,
> but the consequence of not safe-guarding against a failed test setup.
>
> The *real cause* is most likely that `import gdb` fails in `atomicity.py`
> because it's not ready for py 3.13 yet.
>
> But maybe it's time to reconsider some bits of the old series? We ended up
> discussing "echo vs printf" and never addressed the real issues here.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
> P.S.: There are also a few lines like
> ```
> Error: database path
> '/builddir/build/BUILD/notmuch-0.38.1/test/tmp.T400-hooks/database.85' does
> not exist or is not a directory.
> ```
> sprinkled in the test output between PASS tests, apparently without making
> any test fail. I don't know whether I never noticed for a apassing test
> suite, or whether this is new.
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