Re: Does scripts/auxilar/make-regtest-pngs.sh function properly?

[David Kastrup]

John Wheeler <wheelerwjx9@runbox.com> writes:

> I am trying to get the process documented in CG: 9.5 "Pixel-base
> regtest comparison" to run.   But, I am not able to get the command
>
> ./make-regtest-pngs.sh -j4 -o
>
> to run without error.  Using git bisect points to commit
> c85e9950a70d1765e4b9a637a737d873975dfb59, "Framework-ps: rewrite
> system clipping to be output format-agnostic" as the point at which it
> started failing.
>
> On the other hand, If I have a successfully generated
> 'old-regtest-results',
>
> ./make-regtest-pngs.sh -j4 -n
>
> will happily run well past that commit.
>
> I see a lot of discussion on !1272 saying the script should be kept,
> which seems to imply that the script should works.
>
> Is this a known issue?

Rereading the script, it would seem like it has a problem if you run it
with -o and have the shell variable do_compare set and to a value other
than "" before doing so.  Does it help to put do_compare="" at the top
of the script?

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David Kastrup