On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Andrew Gierth
<andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> >> Then maybe stderr tests should grep output for a specific option,
> >> the one we're currently testing, not just any noise?
>
> Robert> That sounds awfully fragile to me. It can't really be safe to
> Robert> assume we know precisely what the warning messages will look
> Robert> like.
>
> But how safe is it to assume that a warning message about option '-foo'
> will contain the string '-foo' in it somewhere?
>
> (though the trace output from -x still should be dealt with separately)
I wouldn't like to bet on it. I mean, if the world weren't full of
weird platforms that behave in crazy, messed-up ways, autoconf output
wouldn't look like like noise.
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