From 00f980070cae67b1a7469a7b9392bd77cfd3953c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 15:23:33 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: T070 tests portability --- ab/2e3303fc1e82a44eed0db4115885bbeb2f9794 | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ab/2e3303fc1e82a44eed0db4115885bbeb2f9794 diff --git a/ab/2e3303fc1e82a44eed0db4115885bbeb2f9794 b/ab/2e3303fc1e82a44eed0db4115885bbeb2f9794 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..697ea5850 --- /dev/null +++ b/ab/2e3303fc1e82a44eed0db4115885bbeb2f9794 @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C6A6DE0A4A + for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:23:45 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.31 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.31 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.241, + RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.55, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id DBqaJDXA1Uc4 for ; + Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:23:43 -0800 (PST) +Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6BA76DE02CB + for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2016 11:23:43 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84) + (envelope-from ) + id 1aHcdE-0001jF-Fy; Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:23:28 -0500 +Received: (nullmailer pid 12358 invoked by uid 1000); + Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:23:33 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Tomi Ollila , + J Farkas +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: T070 tests portability +In-Reply-To: +References: <1451991305.14.acc64b88@201601.l2015aftruuq.dns007.net> + <87ziwj9025.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <1452088279.96.560c52fa@201601.l2015aftruuq.dns007.net> + +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+5~gca076ce (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.4.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:23:33 -0400 +Message-ID: <87io336fka.fsf@tesseract.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:23:46 -0000 + +Tomi Ollila writes: + +> So, in this case, if you're the only one seeing this problem I'd suggest +> you tolerate the problem (by using private patch) (you could also dig +> deeper if interested). If this "problem" is (were!) more widespread, +> *and* unfixable in reasonable manner this thing like this typecast +> could be applied -- which would also mean this test system would +> be a bit less robust as it is now...(*) + +I'm a bit undecided about this. But one (not completely trivial but +probably a good idea) would be to rewrite these tests to use the python +extensions to gdb. These have shown themselves to be more robust and +portable between different gdb versions. We already use these extensions +(in T380-atomicity.py) so it wouldn't be adding a new dependency. + +d -- 2.26.2