Re: [Flex-help] flex-2.5.37 testsuite clean up on Solaris

[Hugh S. <hg...@dm...>]

It's certainly a bigger job, but it might be better to move the tests
which depend on external tools into a separate group, and only disable
those tests with an option.  People like some confidence that the code
works from the tests.

        Hugh

On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, Will Estes wrote:

> The way we're heading, the right thing to do is to add an
> --{en,dis}able-testsuite option to configure.
> 
> Then it's a lot easier to add tests for obscure shell stuff with a clear
> conscience.
> 
> --Will
> 
> On Friday, 26 October 2012,  5:27 pm +0100, Hugh Sasse <hg...@dm...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > 
> > > > Sounds good. All we care about is if the files are different or the
> > > > same. We don't care what the differences are.
> > > 
> > > all in favour say "aye". 
> > 
> > Aye!
> > > 
> > > [ me looks around ]
> > > 
> > > the aye's have it .. 
> > > 
> > > dc
> > > 
> > 
> > Not sure if I should ask this, ... but, probably better now than
> > making someone else suffer similarly:
> > 
> > Should configure check for a working cmp -s  or is that being too
> > paranoid, pedantic, per[s]nickety, etc.?
> > 
> >         Hugh
> 
> -- 
> Will Estes (wl...@us...)
> Flex Project Maintainer
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