Re: proposed patch: parallel-tests: also record logs of SKIPped tests.

[Jim Meyering]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> This is a patch that I don't know whether I want it or not.
> Package authors may be interested in SKIPs and why they happen, or not.
> (Could also be solved with leaving the choice to the package author
> and/or user, by some TEST_RECORD_SKIPS variable or so).
>
> Comments appreciated.

Yes, please.

Once I taught coreutils' "make check" to tell why a test is skipped,
I discovered a few that should not have been skipped.
Seeing a summary (and remembering the numbers) might help too.

>     parallel-tests: also record logs of SKIPped tests.
>
>     * lib/am/check.am [PARALLEL_TESTS] ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG)): Record
>     SKIPs as well.