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bug#46641: process-tests assume network connection
From: |
Philipp |
Subject: |
bug#46641: process-tests assume network connection |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 15:40:05 +0100 |
> Am 21.02.2021 um 14:41 schrieb Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:
>
> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Glenn> Some process-tests fail if the system has no network connection.
>> Glenn> I don't know what the appropriate skip-unless condition to test for
>> Glenn> network access is.
>>
>> Glenn> Ref: https://bugs.debian.org/982969
>>
>> So Debian deliberately cripple their test environment, run the network
>> tests for an editor which can do network access, and we have to adapt
>> our tests? I am not amused.
>>
>> I guess we could wrap them all in
>>
>> (skip-unless (dns-query "google.com"))
>
> It'd be nice if Emacs did have a predicate for "is there any network
> here?"
This isn’t a yes/no question. For example, it’s often a good idea to put tests
into a network namespace that only has a loopback interface. In that case,
there’s some network (the loopback interface), but that still doesn’t allow
Internet access.
bug#46641: process-tests assume network connection, Philipp, 2021/02/21