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+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] test: check for debug symbols in notmuch\r
+Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 22:22:09 +0200\r
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+In the future, tests may rely on debug symbols being present in\r
+notmuch, so we plan to switch the default flags.\r
+\r
+The main purpose of this test is to help explain the perhaps\r
+mysterious failures of other tests which rely on symbols being\r
+present.\r
+---\r
+ test/T000-basic.sh | 5 +++++\r
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/test/T000-basic.sh b/test/T000-basic.sh\r
+index ebbb6d2..bf08f3e 100755\r
+--- a/test/T000-basic.sh\r
++++ b/test/T000-basic.sh\r
+@@ -91,4 +91,9 @@ test_expect_equal \\r
+ "$(dirname ${TEST_DIRECTORY})" \\r
+ "$(echo $PATH|cut -f1 -d: | sed -e 's,/test/valgrind/bin$,,')"\r
+ \r
++test_begin_subtest 'notmuch is compiled with debugging symbols'\r
++test_subtest_known_broken\r
++readelf --sections $(which notmuch) | grep \.debug\r
++test_expect_equal 0 $?\r
++\r
+ test_done\r
+-- \r
+2.1.0\r
+\r