[PATCH v2 00/13] literal folder: prefix, new path: prefix

[Tomi Ollila]

On Tue, Mar 04 2014, David Bremner <david at tethera.net> wrote:

> Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org> writes:
>
>>
>> I think we should use the prereq mechanism in the tests to check if a
>> required test database is in place, skipping the test if not. This
>> should be fairly straightforward to do, and does not care *how* the test
>> database is to be fetched. (I'm undecided whether the test should verify
>> the checksum, or the part that fetches the database. Minor detail.)
>
> Yep, prereqs sounds fine.  SHA256 verification is pretty fast (on the
> scale of test suite operations), so I'd lean to doing it late, but
> I could be convinced otherwise.

I decline commenting on prereqs... ;/

>>
>> I know git annex in principle, but don't have any practical experience
>> with it. I don't really have any ideas for that.
>
> Well, if you don't mind the rest of the setup (SHA256 sums checked,
> tarballs fetched if needed), we can forge ahead for now.

I can contribute script with interface 

./fetch-and-check.sh [--verify-only] destdir url sha256sum 


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> d


Tomi