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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] test: fix test_require_external_prereq gdb in insert test\r
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+Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:\r
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+> 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
+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