Re: [rdiff-backup-users] please resend tested patches

[dean gaudet]

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Andrew Ferguson wrote:

> dean gaudet wrote:
> > hi... i figure it can't hurt too badly if i commit patches which i've only 
> > read and not tested.  can't be worse than the current situation.
> 
> Thanks Dean!
> 
> I'll try to do some more testing with my patches -- the only possible
> issue I anticipate is if someone does a backup on Day 1, applies the
> patches on Day 2, does a backup on Day 3, and on Day 4 tries to restore
> from Day 1. Maybe rdiff-backup will complain if, for example, it tries
> to set a creation date but cannot find one in the Day 1 backup?
> 
> Other than that, they've tested well.

there's actually a test suite in the tree... i've had troubles getting it 
to work (ben didn't quite document all the requirements it has, such as 
your userid being 'ben' :)  additional tests would be useful (as would 
documentation for getting it to work).

-dean