Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:


>> Of course you're right that moving it forward to only skip the gdb
>> requiring tests is the right thing to do, and in that setting having a
>> skipped message for all 10 skipped tests is a bit ugly. OTOHO your
>> version doesn't give any output at all, which seems not perfect either.
>
> How does it work if you just move the prereq test forward?
>

Then we get one message per skipped test. So twenty lines it total.

 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   error exit when add_message returns OUT_OF_MEMORY
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   success exit with --keep when add_message returns OUT_OF_MEMORY
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   error exit when add_message returns XAPIAN_EXCEPTION
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   success exit with --keep when add_message returns XAPIAN_EXCEPTION
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   error exit when add_message returns FILE_NOT_EMAIL
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   success exit with --keep when add_message returns FILE_NOT_EMAIL
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   error exit when add_message returns READ_ONLY_DATABASE
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   success exit with --keep when add_message returns READ_ONLY_DATABASE
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   error exit when add_message returns UPGRADE_REQUIRED
 missing prerequisites: gdb(1)
 SKIP   success exit with --keep when add_message returns UPGRADE_REQUIRED