Re: [platform-testers] texinfo pretest

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Karl,

Am 16.05.2015 um 23:25 schrieb Karl Berry:
> Thanks for trying it out.
> 
>    Our previous texinfo 5.2 had to replace 'sh' by 'bash' in texi2dvi:
> 
> FWIW, that should not be necessary now.  We have always intended
> texi2dvi to run with any shell.  It goes to a lot of trouble in that
> regard.  Of course bugs are always possible.

Excellent.

>    
> https://buildfarm.opencsw.org/buildbot/builders/texinfo-solaris10-i386/builds/9/steps/shell_3/logs/test-suite.log
> 
> Those failures look to be all about shell stuff in the
> Info tests.  I'm not sure it is worth trying to make those tests
> perfectly portable, since the real action of the tests using pseudottys
> is not likely to work either.  All I can think of to do is try to
> detect such shells and skip doing the test.
> 
> Is it possible for you to actually try running the info program in a
> normal terminal and see if it works?  That would be a much more
> problematic failure than shellology issues in the test scripts.

Sure, I also see the failures when run interactively in the shell:

> address@hidden [global]:~/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build > gmake check
> Making check in gnulib/lib
> gmake[1]: Entering directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/gnulib/lib'
> gmake  check-recursive
> gmake[2]: Entering directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/gnulib/lib'
> gmake[3]: Entering directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/gnulib/lib'
> gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for 'check-am'.
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/gnulib/lib'
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/gnulib/lib'
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/gnulib/lib'
> Making check in info
> gmake[1]: Entering directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> gmake  check-am
> gmake[2]: Entering directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> gmake  pseudotty
> gmake[3]: Entering directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> gmake[3]: 'pseudotty' is up to date.
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> gmake  check-TESTS
> gmake[3]: Entering directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> gmake[4]: Entering directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> PASS: t/file.sh
> PASS: t/file-node.sh
> PASS: t/file-nodes.sh
> PASS: t/file-node-with-dot.sh
> PASS: t/file-index.sh
> PASS: t/file-file-with-dot.sh
> PASS: t/no-file.sh
> PASS: t/node-no-file.sh
> PASS: t/split.sh
> PASS: t/relative-path.sh
> PASS: t/file-relative-path.sh
> PASS: t/dir.sh
> PASS: t/dir-file.sh
> FAIL: t/dir-file-sloppily.sh
> PASS: t/dir-nondir.sh
> PASS: t/dir-no-file.sh
> PASS: t/dir-file-menu.sh
> PASS: t/dir-file-no-menu.sh
> PASS: t/dir-file-node.sh
> PASS: t/dir-file-index.sh
> PASS: t/dir-3-menus.sh
> PASS: t/dir-menus-sloppily.sh
> PASS: t/where-dir-file.sh
> FAIL: t/dir-dangling-entry.sh
> PASS: t/spec-file-node.sh
> PASS: t/spec-no-node.sh
> PASS: t/spec-menu.sh
> FAIL: t/all-only.sh
> PASS: t/empty.sh
> PASS: t/cr-tag-table.sh
> FAIL: t/tab.sh
> FAIL: t/tab-argument.sh
> FAIL: t/tab-no-xref.sh
> FAIL: t/tab-skip-node.sh
> FAIL: t/body-start.sh
> FAIL: t/end-of-line.sh
> FAIL: t/goal-column.sh
> FAIL: t/star-note-non-whitespace.sh
> FAIL: t/c-u-m-x-scroll-forward.sh
> FAIL: t/last-no-history.sh
> FAIL: t/split-footnotes.sh
> FAIL: t/window-split-dir.sh
> FAIL: t/last-node-not-top-level.sh
> FAIL: t/adjust-anchors.sh
> FAIL: t/search-after-tag.sh
> FAIL: t/split-file-menu.sh
> FAIL: t/index.sh
> FAIL: t/no-index.sh
> FAIL: t/index-apropos.sh
> FAIL: t/index-search.sh
> FAIL: t/index-completing.sh
> FAIL: t/split-index.sh
> FAIL: t/index-long-nodeline.sh
> FAIL: t/empty-infopath.sh
> FAIL: t/menu-sequence.sh
> FAIL: t/relative-reference.sh
> FAIL: t/resize-in-completions.sh
> FAIL: t/search-skip-screen.sh
> FAIL: t/search-empty.sh
> FAIL: t/inc-sea-forward.sh
> FAIL: t/inc-sea-forward-nonregex.sh
> FAIL: t/inc-sea-insensitive.sh
> FAIL: t/inc-sea-history.sh
> FAIL: t/gc-split.sh
> FAIL: t/anchor-positions.sh
> XFAIL: t/quoted-label-as-target.sh
> XFAIL: t/quoted-target.sh
> XFAIL: t/quoted-label-and-target.sh
> XFAIL: t/goto-quoted.sh
> XFAIL: t/next-quoted.sh
> PASS: t/help.sh
> ============================================================================
> Testsuite summary for GNU Texinfo 5.9.91
> ============================================================================
> # TOTAL: 71
> # PASS:  28
> # SKIP:  0
> # XFAIL: 5
> # FAIL:  38
> # XPASS: 0
> # ERROR: 0
> ============================================================================
> See info/test-suite.log
> Please report to address@hidden
> ============================================================================
> Makefile:1946: recipe for target 'test-suite.log' failed
> gmake[4]: *** [test-suite.log] Error 1
> gmake[4]: Leaving directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> Makefile:2052: recipe for target 'check-TESTS' failed
> gmake[3]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 2
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> Makefile:2615: recipe for target 'check-am' failed
> gmake[2]: *** [check-am] Error 2
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> Makefile:2618: recipe for target 'check' failed
> gmake[1]: *** [check] Error 2
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
> '/export/home/buildbot/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build/info'
> Makefile:1522: recipe for target 'check-recursive' failed
> gmake: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
> address@hidden [global]:~/slave/texinfo-solaris10-i386/build > 

I'm afraid it would be good to resolve these. If it helps I can set up an 
account for you on the buildfarm.


Best regards

  -- Dago