On 01/27/2012 09:40 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: > Stefano Lattarini skrev 2012-01-27 18:37: > >> Thanks for the link. What do you think of the workaround provided by the >> attached patch? Good to go before 1.11.3? > > I haven't tested the patch, but if you ask me, I don't like "hiding" this > in a SKIP. This is another case where a "local" XFAIL would be really > nice. How impossible is it to introduce some kind of mechanism that a > test can trigger when it has detected some condition that makes a future > FAIL expected? > It's already there -- in master only, where we have TAP support.
> Let me know if you still want me to test your patch. > Yes please, that would be appreciated. We can apply the patch to maint as a band-aid, and switch to proper "localized XFAIL" once we merge to master (extra kudos to anyone who volunteers to implement such a follow-up ;-). Thanks, Stefano
