Re: Stagnant regression test output

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

There used to be a test that created a random layout (which should
always trigger), just to make sure that the regression test comparison
itself was working. Has this disappeared?

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Dan Eble <address@hidden> wrote:
> Last night, I noticed that the log output for my local regression tests did 
> not hold the updated output I expected after test-clean, check.  It still 
> held old output that did not match what my rebuilt lilypond binary produced 
> in a manual run on the test input.  I ended up deleting my whole build 
> directory and starting over.
>
> At this point, I don’t have any reason to believe that there is a problem 
> affecting other people; however, I don’t have evidence to the contrary 
> either.  It’s going to take me some time to get to the bottom of it.  My 
> hypothesis is that there’s yet another undiscovered problem with my using a 
> separate, read-only source directory, but I want to warn everyone to pay 
> attention as you test, just in case it’s not limited to my environment.
>
> Regards,
> —
> Dan
>
>
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