Re: [Bug-GnuCOBOL] [GnuCOBOL 3.0-rc1] testsuite:628 failed

[Simon Sobisch]

Hi Roger,

Am 03.07.2018 um 05:51 schrieb Roger Greenlaw:
> Attached is the testsuite.log file that was created when I ran the make
> test.

thank you for reporting the failure of the
        INDEXED File Sparse/Split keys
test from run_file.at

Ron Norman added the SPARSE KEY feature within VBISAM more than some
months ago, I still plan to publish his changes as part of an official
updated new VBISAM release sometime this year.

If I remember correctly GnuCOBOL should emulate the correct behavior
when an older version of VBISAM is used, so this would be a bug in
libcob/fileio.c in this case (only happening with an "old" [official]
VBISAM version).

> 
> I had difficulty locating and compiling VBISAM 2.0 on my system.  This
> may be the cause of the error.
> 
> If you would think that my source code for VBISAM would be helpful in
> determining the problem, please email a request for a tarball.

Can you please check if this also happens with the official VBISAM 2.0
release?
If it does, then it is a bug, likely in libcob (if it isn't possible to
emulate this feature then it is a bug in the testsuite not skipping it /
expecting a failure).

Actually this test case is "broken" in any case as it should be split
into two test cases. Can you split the program into two, testing each
part on its own (likely one not working in your environment).

> Thank you for providing GnuCOBOL.

Thank you for reporting the issue and possibly helping with more
detailed tests and/or test case splitting.

> Roger Greenlaw

Simon