From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13151431FAF for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:37:33 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id m-ZfiW48uBzX for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:37:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from yantan.tethera.net (yantan.tethera.net [199.188.72.155]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A8FD431FAE for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:37:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from remotemail by yantan.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W2mO0-0008Ek-JC; Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:37:20 -0400 Received: (nullmailer pid 3788 invoked by uid 1000); Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:37:16 -0000 From: David Bremner To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] test: add test for syntax of emacs test library In-Reply-To: <1389485421-7824-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> References: <1389485421-7824-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:37:16 -0400 Message-ID: <87txd7k9sz.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:37:33 -0000 David Bremner writes: > If there is a syntax error in the emacs test library, it causes other > tests to hang or crash without a useful error message. > > This test could be eliminated if the error reporting for emacs tests > was somehow improved. pushed, and git even figured out what file to patch despite Tomi's best efforts ;). d