Bug#799444: pkg-perl-autopkgtest: prove --merge breaks some test suites

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:07:14 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote:

> Even prove(1) says '--merge' is risky:
> 
>        Caveat: this is a bit of a kludge. In particular note that if
>        anything that appears on STDERR looks like a test result the test
>        harness will get confused. Use this option only if you understand
>        the consequences and can live with the risk.
> 
> I'm inclined to drop the option rather than make it configurable.
> This will make the logs a bit harder to read, but should make the
> tests more robust.

I think we can live without --merge.
(But I also don't object if you prefer a new configuration file :))
 
> I note that we still need to redirect STDERR, otherwise output on that
> will be considered a test failure. Alternatively we could change the test
> definitions in the autodep8 package to add the restriction 'allow-stderr'.
> Adding a 2>&1 to the 'prove' call in the 'smoke' script seems easier.

'allow-stderr' seems not so ideal to me as it could allow real errors
to slip through.


Cheers,
gregor

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