[PATCH] test: don't bail out of `run_emacs' too early when missing prereqs
Dmitry Kurochkin
dmitry.kurochkin at gmail.com
Sun Jan 15 05:56:37 PST 2012
On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:07:41 +0100, Pieter Praet <pieter at praet.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:34:29 +0400, Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:16:59 +0100, Pieter Praet <pieter at praet.org> wrote:
> > > When running the Emacs tests in verbose mode, only the first missing
> > > prereq is reported because the `run_emacs' function is short-circuited
> > > early:
> > >
> > > #+begin_example
> > > emacs: Testing emacs interface
> > > missing prerequisites: [0] emacs(1)
> > > skipping test: [0] Basic notmuch-hello view in emacs
> > > SKIP [0] Basic notmuch-hello view in emacs
> > > #+end_example
> > >
> > > This can lead to situations reminiscent of "dependency hell", so instead
> > > of returning based on each individual `test_require_external_prereq's exit
> > > status, we now do so by checking $test_subtest_missing_external_prereqs_:
> > >
> > > #+begin_example
> > > emacs: Testing emacs interface
> > > missing prerequisites: [0] dtach(1) emacs(1) emacsclient(1)
> > > skipping test: [0] Basic notmuch-hello view in emacs
> > > SKIP [0] Basic notmuch-hello view in emacs
> > > #+end_example
> > >
> > > Also add missing prereq for dtach(1).
> > >
> > > ---
> > > test/test-lib.sh | 6 ++++--
> > > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
> > > index 82767c0..6ec3882 100644
> > > --- a/test/test-lib.sh
> > > +++ b/test/test-lib.sh
> > > @@ -907,8 +907,10 @@ EOF
> > >
> > > test_emacs () {
> > > # test dependencies beforehand to avoid the waiting loop below
> > > - test_require_external_prereq emacs || return
> > > - test_require_external_prereq emacsclient || return
> > > + test_require_external_prereq dtach
> > > + test_require_external_prereq emacs
> > > + test_require_external_prereq emacsclient
> > > + test -z "$test_subtest_missing_external_prereqs_" || return
> >
> > There may be other missing dependencies before test_emacs() is called
> > and $test_subtest_missing_external_prereqs_ would not be blank. [...]
>
> True, hadn't though of that...
>
> > [...] Also, I
> > would like to keep the number of functions that use
> > $test_subtest_missing_external_prereqs_ minimal. [...]
>
> Could you elaborate on that?
>
This variable is supposed to be internal. I would like to be able to
change it's meaning or replace it with something better with minimal
changes in the other code. So I prefer it to be used only by few
"low-level" dependency functions.
This is not some strict rule, in other situation I may agree that using
$test_subtest_missing_external_prereqs_ directly is the best option.
But in this case, introducing a local variable with clean and simple
meaning is better IMO.
Regards,
Dmitry
> > [...] How about:
> >
> > missing_dependencies=
> > test_require_... dtach || missing_dependencies=1
> > test_require_... emacs || missing_dependencies=1
> > ...
> > test -z "$missing_dependencies" || return
> >
>
> Agreed! Patch follows.
>
> > Regards,
> > Dmitry
> >
> > >
> > > if [ -z "$EMACS_SERVER" ]; then
> > > server_name="notmuch-test-suite-$$"
> > > --
> > > 1.7.8.1
> > >
>
>
> Peace
>
> --
> Pieter
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