From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9803: Add ERT option to skip test Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:40:10 +0200 Message-ID: <871u7eb245.fsf@gmx.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372963270 28915 80.91.229.3 (4 Jul 2013 18:41:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 18:41:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9803@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 04 20:41:11 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UuoSq-0002vt-Uc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:41:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49472 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuoSq-0003li-KF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:41:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35769) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuoSm-0003lK-Tf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:41:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuoSl-0008Rt-1V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:41:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35308) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UuoSk-0008Rm-TB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:41:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UuoSk-0003a1-Gd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:41:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Albinus Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:41:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9803 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9803-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9803.137296322913713 (code B ref 9803); Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:41:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9803) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Jul 2013 18:40:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57857 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UuoSC-0003Z4-Kq for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:40:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:51709) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UuoS9-0003Yc-N0 for 9803@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:40:26 -0400 Original-Received: from detlef.gmx.de ([93.202.48.1]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPS (Nemesis) id 0M2Ldk-1U2iKV0ANA-00s2EG; Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:40:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:42:45 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:1NV5FkswSF+4RmSPiTP2nbz1e1SxgA/ZDx2jb4wzyeHPq0lJ4LU lNvJ83Lee+bfYLJl354VnuBPobHqTzQeN0+w9zmBCTVKsc6iHECLRP6uj3YxjykeLfXNW5e GvCWxyYlLq87ambqxDJuyWJjgBwgmUgn/PeP3+n1gugYSpwOaTsApVjtszOqfdneP8H0l7/ 0/iX+gQEHzmlLqYaoq5eg== X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:75907 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > I think it would be nice if ert had the ability to skip tests. > Eg, a :skip argument that works the same way as :expected-result. > This would be useful eg when a test relies on external executable that > might not be installed on the system running the tests. You can get the > same result by using :expected-result, but :skip might be nicer in such > cases. Skipping tests is already possible. Instead of writing (ert-deftest vc-bzr-test-bug9726 () "Test for http://debbugs.gnu.org/9726 ." :expected-result (if (executable-find vc-bzr-program) :passed :failed) (should (executable-find vc-bzr-program)) ... you could do (when (executable-find vc-bzr-program) (ert-deftest vc-bzr-test-bug9726 () "Test for http://debbugs.gnu.org/9726 ." ... The only drawback I see is that such skipped tests are not listed in the output of an ert run. Best regards, Michael.