Re: Failing tests

On 03/12/2013 02:21 AM, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> I've just checked out trunk@5419 and ran a `make check` before I start
> looking at making some local changes for use with CVSNT.  Much to my
> surprise three of the tests failed (log attached).  [...]
> 
> The tests that are failing are:
> 
>   XFAIL: run-tests.py 87: reveal a second bug that created a branch twice
>   XFAIL: run-tests.py 129: optimal tag after deleting files
>   XFAIL: run-tests.py 163: check adding .cvsignore to an existing branch
> 
> Is this a known problem?  Any idea what might be wrong (and how to fix
> it)?

"XFAIL" means "expected failure".  These are minor known problems in
cvs2svn that nobody has gotten around to fixing/improving.

You don't need to worry unless you see "FAIL" (unexpected failure) or to
a lesser extent "XPASS" (test expected to fail passed unexpectedly).

Michael

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