Quoting Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> test-lots now runs without a segfault and all I got is this message:
> FAILURE engine-stuff test-engine-stuff.c:700 get_random_int_in_range
> failed but that doesn't cause the test to fail.
I wonder why? I also wonder why this is failing?
It's just the randomness, I've run the test several times in gnucash and
cashutil trees and every once in a while one of the random test generators
triggers this warning from test-engine-stuff.c.
Well, if there is a "random" failure we should really figure out what it is
that's failing. It could be the RNG failing, or it could be a bug that
happens
to fail on certain inputs. That's why random tests are GOOD.. Random tests
are BAD because you can't easily re-run the test and expect the same output
every time.. We should really track down the failure.
One way to do it is to seed the RNG to a known quantity and then run
the test.. That should get you a reproducible random sequence which
should make the test
reproducible -- then we can try to track down the failure.
Ignoring it is.... unproductive.
-derek
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