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+From: Dmitry Kurochkin <dmitry.kurochkin@gmail.com>\r
+To: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>,\r
+ Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] test: make test_expect_equal_file() arguments flexible\r
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+On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:18:08 +0200, Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> wrote:\r
+> \r
+> There are at least these options here\r
+> \r
+> 1) go through all ~100 places where test_expect_equal_file is used\r
+> and fix the call order: quick look tells that the offending uses\r
+> are in dump-restore, hooks, search-limiting and symbol-hiding.\r
+> \r
+> 2) enforce "expected" filename has some format *and* fix all current\r
+> uses of it. Add testbed_error () function which yells loudly ane exits...\r
+> \r
+> 3) guess which is output and which is expected from args so that \r
+> machine helps tester here (for both diff output & copied files)a\r
+> \r
+> 4) just copy compared files to some directory, those are named as\r
+> basename of the original -- diff order still inconsistent.\r
+> \r
+> \r
+> I'd just go with option 1 and fix new *violations* when stumble upon one.\r
+> \r
+\r
+Option 1 does not solve the problem. New violations would apper and\r
+need to be fixed again. I am for option 2.\r
+\r
+Regards,\r
+ Dmitry\r
+\r
+> Tomi\r