Re: test-driver

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Catonano <address@hidden> writes:

> In trying to build libxls tests fail because a test-driver file is missing
>
> Like this
>
> ...
> make check-TESTS
> make[2]: ingresso nella directory
> "/tmp/guix-build-libxsl-1.4.0.drv-0/source/libxls/test"
> make[3]: ingresso nella directory
> "/tmp/guix-build-libxsl-1.4.0.drv-0/source/libxls/test"
> /gnu/store/qkw4zrwfybxww8f56nkb6hggxambk89b-bash-4.4.0/bin/bash:
> ../test-driver: File o directory non esistente
> ...
>
> I asked upstream and I was informed that there's no "test-driver"
> occurrence in libxls source. So they suggest it has to be something
> specific of my build environment
>
> You can see the exchange we had, here
> https://sourceforge.net/p/libxls/discussion/294119/thread/4b5ce0d8/?limit=25#1550
>
> Here is my definition for libxls
> http://paste.lisp.org/display/342783

Here’s my updated definition:

    http://paste.lisp.org/display/342783#1

> Is this a Guix thing ?

Unlikely.  I found that rebootstrapping fixes this, so it appears to be
part of the generated files in the release tarball.

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Ricardo

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