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Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me'
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Stefano Lattarini |
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Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me' |
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Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:36:42 +0200 |
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On Sunday 17 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 09:08:54PM CEST:
> > On Sunday 17 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > > Otherwise you will have spurious failures (and to some extent
> > > "arbitrary code execution" upon a testsuite run).
> > >
> > What about initilizing me from `$am_test_name' then? On the line of:
>
> That's a little better, but not much.
> In principle, all environment we depend on should have a good reason
> we do. We get sporadic bug reports in autotools about all kinds of
> variables that we inherit and use, e.g., $U. All such variables need
> to be documented, and, as much as possible, sanitized. I simply don't
> understand why you need $me adjustable,
>
See below.
> and the name does not imply that Automake's uses it, or what it would
> use it for.
>
Agreed.
> am_test_name is better, but doesn't explain either why it would be
> needed in the first place.
>
Second patch of:
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-02/msg00044.html>
And possible similar patches in the future.
Regards,
Stefano
- [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me', Stefano Lattarini, 2011/04/17
- Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me', Ralf Wildenhues, 2011/04/17
- Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me', Stefano Lattarini, 2011/04/17
- Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me', Ralf Wildenhues, 2011/04/17
- Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me',
Stefano Lattarini <=
- Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me', Ralf Wildenhues, 2011/04/18
- Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me', Stefano Lattarini, 2011/04/18
- Re: [FYI] {maint,master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me', Ralf Wildenhues, 2011/04/18
- New release wishlist (was: Re: [FYI] {maint, master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me'), Stefano Lattarini, 2011/04/18
- Re: New release wishlist, Ralf Wildenhues, 2011/04/18
- Re: New release wishlist, Stefano Lattarini, 2011/04/18
- [PATCH] test defs: don't allow `$me' to be overridden from the environment (was: Re: [FYI] {maint, master} test defs: allow overriding of `$me'), Stefano Lattarini, 2011/04/17
- Re: [PATCH] test defs: don't allow `$me' to be overridden from the environment, Ralf Wildenhues, 2011/04/18
- Re: [PATCH] test defs: don't allow `$me' to be overridden from the environment, Stefano Lattarini, 2011/04/18
- Re: [PATCH] test defs: don't allow `$me' to be overridden from the environment, Ralf Wildenhues, 2011/04/18