Re: XFAIL - just making sure.

cmpilato@collab.net wrote:

>I ran fs-tests today for the first time in a long while, I part of the
>output was as follows:
>
> PASS: lt-fs-test 19: fetch the youngest revision from a filesystem
> PASS: lt-fs-test 20: basic commit
> PASS: lt-fs-test 21: copying and tracking copy history
> subversion/tests/libsvn_fs/fs-test.c:2739: (apr_err=200006, src_err=0)
> svn: Test failed
> svn: XFAIL
> XFAIL: lt-fs-test 22: linking, so no copy history
> PASS: lt-fs-test 23: merging commit
> PASS: lt-fs-test 24: commit datestamps
>
>I can't tell by looking at this if 22 was supposed to fail and passed,
>or if it was supposed to fail and failed, or ...
>
It's an eXpected FAILure. This flag is set on tests that tickle known
bugs. When the bug is fixed, the XFAIL turns into an XPASS -- an
uneXpected PASS. XPASSes are listed in the test run summary along with
any FAILs, so that you know when to remove the XFAIL flag from the test.

-- 
Brane Čibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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