bug#58065: UNSUPPORTED test cases still can FAIL

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Arsen Arsenović wrote:
> On Wednesday, 5 October 2022 05:31:17 CEST Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
>   
> > A preliminary patch has been pushed on the PR58065 branch at Savannah.
> > Please confirm that it resolves this issue.
> >     
> It does.
>   

Thank you.  The PR58065 branch has been merged to master and will be 
included in the future 1.6.4 release.

> > [...]
> >
> > The descriptions given were sufficient that I was able avoid examining
> > the offered test case and thus avoid needing associated copyright
> > paperwork.
> >     
> Huh, would have looking at the provided test even require such papers? 
> That seems a bit excess..
>   

There is a possibility of trouble if code subsequently added to DejaGnu, 
such as a regression test, were to be "significant" and sufficiently 
resemble the offered case, and papers were not in order.  Not looking at 
it short-circuits the whole problem.

In general, the GNU project seems to take a "better safe than sorry" 
angle on the issue, and the prospect of being "low-hanging fruit" for 
some future SCO-alike does not appeal to me.


-- Jacob