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Re: [PATCH 5.8.2 @21574] make tests relocatable

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From:
Ilya Zakharevich
Date:
November 13, 2003 21:32
Subject:
Re: [PATCH 5.8.2 @21574] make tests relocatable
Message ID:
20031114053200.GA10476@math.berkeley.edu
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 05:14:20PM -0800, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> Its interesting you chose stat.t. 

Maybe it was not me?  ;-)

> This uses Config, File::Spec and test.pl
> which in turn use more modules.  In the end, stat.t loads nine modules 
> totalling 2381 lines of code (not including all the code in stat.t)
> This is pretty typical for an op test.

..which is a lunacy.  IMO, op tests should not do this.  This makes it
quite hard to find a minimal environment which manifests the bug.

Hope this helps,
Ilya
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