Re: [PATCH] Fix buglet in code searching for a good shell (tests/init.sh).

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Jim,

* Jim Meyering wrote on Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 01:49:35PM CEST:
> +warn_() { echo "$@" 1>&$stderr_fileno_; }
> +fail_() { warn_ "$ME_: failed test: $@"; Exit 1; }
> +skip_() { warn_ "$ME_: skipped test: $@"; Exit 77; }
> +framework_failure_() { warn_ "$ME_: set-up failure: $@"; Exit 1; }

You may want to Exit 99 for a framework failure.  The Automake
parallel-tests interprets that as an unexpected failure even if
the test is listed in XFAIL_TESTS.  (The old test driver didn't
and doesn't do that.)

Cheers,
Ralf