Re: bug#8969: improve synchronization between examples in the manual and test cases

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Friday 01 July 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Hello Peter.
> 
> On Friday 01 July 2011, Peter Breitenlohner wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Jul 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > 
> > > Oops, one of the "amhello" tests has an unecessary requirement (copy &
> > > paste blunder).  Consider the following squashed in:
> > >
> > >  diff --git a/tests/amhello-binpkg.test b/tests/amhello-binpkg.test
> > >  index 8da3495..47add73 100755
> > >  --- a/tests/amhello-binpkg.test
> > >  +++ b/tests/amhello-binpkg.test
> > >  @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
> > >   # Document an example from the manual about the `amhello' package:
> > >   # using DESDIR to build simple, no-frills binary packages.
> > 
> > Hi Stefano,
> > 
> > could this be a typo (DESDIR vs DESTDIR)?
> >
> Yes it is; fixed now.  Thanks for spotting it!
> 
> And since we are out to hunt typos, all the new amhello tests have the
> same error in the heading descriptions, using: 
>   "Document an example from the manual about the `amhello' package:"
> where this should be used instead:
>   "Test an example from the manual about the `amhello' package:"
> Consider these fixed too.
> 
> Thanks,
>   Stefano
>
I've applied this patch to maint, merged maint into master, merged master
into testsuite-work, and pushed.

Regards,
  Stefano