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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] test: fix test_require_external_prereq gdb in insert test\r
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+On Tue, 28 Oct 2014, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:\r
+> Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:\r
+>\r
+>> You need to actually check the return value. Limit the missing deps\r
+>> part to subtests requiring gdb.\r
+>\r
+> For me, on a system without gdb, the current version looks like\r
+>\r
+> T070-insert: Testing "notmuch insert"\r
+> missing prerequisites: gdb(1)\r
+> SKIP all tests in T070-insert\r
+>\r
+> This seems OK to me?\r
+\r
+More than okay. /me hides.\r
+\r
+> Of course you're right that moving it forward to only skip the gdb\r
+> requiring tests is the right thing to do, and in that setting having a\r
+> skipped message for all 10 skipped tests is a bit ugly. OTOHO your\r
+> version doesn't give any output at all, which seems not perfect either.\r
+\r
+How does it work if you just move the prereq test forward?\r
+\r
+BR,\r
+Jani.\r