[BusyBox] Changing from ramdisk to ramfs: nothing but busybox

Erik Andersen andersen at lineo.com
Wed Jun 6 11:49:37 UTC 2001


On Tue Jun 05, 2001 at 11:53:15AM -0600, Matt Kraai wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 10:33:30AM -0700, Larry Doolittle wrote:
> >   2. split sh.testcases into a half that hush actually passes, and a half
> >      that is known to be beyond its current capabilities.  We could gradually
> >      move stuff from the second to the first, and regressions would pop out
> >      more clearly.
> 
> I think the best approach would be to split sh.testcases into
> separate tests, and then have another script which runs the shell
> on each.  Maybe a comment at the top could mention whether the
> test is eXpected to FAIL (i.e., XFAIL) or whether it is an
> unexpected problem.  If I implement this, would that be
> acceptable?

I wouldn't mind such things, but I think there is a great deal of value in
being able to use the testcases standalone as well (it sure makes working on
the shell easier).  Can do it in a way that does not emcumber the actual
testfile? 

 -Erik

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