Re: [PATCH] tests init: new subroutine 'fatal_', for hard errors

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Tuesday 07 June 2011, Jim Meyering wrote:
> > Done in the attached patch.  If this amended patch is OK, please
> > go ahead and apply it, because I don't have pushing right for
> > gnulib.
> ...
> > Subject: [PATCH] tests init: new function 'fatal_', for hard errors
> >
> > Before this patch, the only way offered by tests/init.sh to
> > properly signal a hard error was the `framework_failure_'
> > function.  But the error message issued by that function,
> > as its name would suggest, refers to a set-up failure in the
> > testsuite, while hard errors can obviously also be due to
> > other reasons.  The best way to fix this inconsistency is to
> > introduce a new function with a more general error message.
> 
> Thanks.  You're welcome to push that.
> 
Pushed.

Thanks,
  Stefano