Hi Eric Oops, the patch was broken - this one fixes the problem...
[...] > Currently `org-test-load' will happily attempt to load an interlocking > symbolic link (such as .#test-ob-exp.el -> > martyn@88-96-171-138.59787). This results in a failure to run any tests, > and is particularly annoying during test development. Below is a patch > that fixes this problem for me. >
>From b868e208dd3ece7c10818ed73f2cf0dc86dac94b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martyn Jago <martyn.j...@btinternet.com> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:03:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix don't load symlinks (Emacs interlocking files) * testing/org-test.el: During test development various interlocking files may be present in testing/lisp directory (since they are being edited by emacs). Currently org-test-load will attempt to load these --- testing/org-test.el | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/testing/org-test.el b/testing/org-test.el index ea8cae4..7d2f7e7 100644 --- a/testing/org-test.el +++ b/testing/org-test.el @@ -276,8 +276,9 @@ otherwise place the point at the beginning of the inserted text." (if (file-directory-p path) (rld path) (catch 'missing-test-dependency - (when (string-match "^[A-Za-z].*\\.el$" path) - load-file path)))) + (when (string-match "^[A-Za-z].*\\.el$" + (file-name-nondirectory path)) + (load-file path))))) (directory-files base 'full "^\\([^.]\\|\\.\\([^.]\\|\\..\\)\\).*\\.el$")))) (rld (expand-file-name "lisp" org-test-dir)) -- 1.7.3.4
Best, Martyn [...]