From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:20:52 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Explain spurious failures.
X-Git-Tag: 2.8~2
X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ae13c7eedd1d5937a8eff3fdba1c00dc9a2174fc;p=comparator.git

Explain spurious failures.
---

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0126955..a7aa95d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ makeregress:
 	    comparator $(OPTS) -d test test$${n}-a test$${n}-b | grep -v 'Merge-Program' >test/out$${n}.good;\
 	done
 
+# Note: This test is subject to fluky timing-dependent failurtes that 
+# have nothing to do with the actual code. If you see a message of the form
+# "couldn't open testN-a.scf, Success", just run the test again.
 regress:
 	@for n in 1 2 3; do \
 	    comparator $(OPTS) -d test test$${n}-a test$${n}-b | grep -v 'Merge-Program' >test/out$${n}.log;\