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From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@gmx.de>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: question about logger tests
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:14:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150327141458.GN1749@ws.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201503261450.33545.sweet_f_a@gmx.de>

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 02:50:33PM +0100, Ruediger Meier wrote:
> Our logger tests fail if it can't connect to /dev/log. I'd like to fix 
> that case for the test-suite but have some questions:
> 
> 1. It was confusing for me to figure out the actual
>    problem. Maybe --no-act and/or --stderr should imply
>    that --socket-errors=auto turns error printing on?

Hmm.. probably good idea.

> 2. Alternatively we could use --socket-errors=on for all tests.
> 
> 3. Couldn't we fix --no-act to not need an open /dev/log at all?

But then it will introduce another fragility, complexity and
difference between test (--no-act) and non-test mode. I see for
example "if(ctl->fd < 0)" in code. Now it really skips write() only.

    Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-27 14:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-26 13:50 question about logger tests Ruediger Meier
2015-03-27 14:14 ` Karel Zak [this message]
2015-04-02 23:10   ` Ruediger Meier
2015-04-07 10:09     ` Karel Zak
2015-04-09 18:22       ` Ruediger Meier

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