Re: tcpdump testsuite and Perl

[Denis Ovsienko via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>]

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> From: Denis Ovsienko <denis () ovsienko info>
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> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:47:46 +0100 (CET)
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> On Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:59:14 +0100
> Francois-Xavier Le Bail <devel.fx.lebail () orange fr> wrote:
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> > On 28/01/2020 23:17, Denis Ovsienko via tcpdump-workers wrote:
> > > The new dependency makes it more difficult to run tests and will
> > > break package builds downstream (thus penalising people that cared
> > > enough to make "make check" a part of the build). Maybe the cost of
> > > the solution does not justify the problem it solves (which it would
> > > be nice to state)?  
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> > Why not just keep the TESTLIST file as it is, a text file with test
> > lines and comments?
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> The matter is, the current text file does not allow conditional tests,
> that's why the actual list of tests consists of the long text file
> _and_ at least three smaller lists hidden inside shell scripts. This
> makes counting of tests and formatting of results convoluted and
> fragile.
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> Maybe this is not the best problem statement, additional input is
> welcome.
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>     Denis Ovsienko
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