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Re: [PATCH] init.sh: don't waste a subshell just to redirect stderr


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init.sh: don't waste a subshell just to redirect stderr
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:18:35 +0100
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Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> If gnulib could assume Automake 1.11,
> it could simply add the `parallel-tests' option to AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS in the
> gnulib-controlled Makefile.am.  This setting would only influence the 
> execution
> of the test cases provided by gnulib itself, and wouldn't have any impact on 
> the
> "global" testsuite framework used by the package.  It would be a win-win 
> situation

I don't think this would be desirable. The maintainer of a package does not
want to learn how to use two different testsuite frameworks within the scope
of his package. It is not gnulib's business to force the 'parallel-tests'
mechanism on a package maintainer.

Bruno




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