in Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Jeff Johnson <n3...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Looks pretty good.
>

Thanks. It is possible to do better, of course.

>
> Couple of specific comments:
>
> 1) I wouldn't bother with AutoFu for splint.
>
> 2) Check for the ISPRAS tests in /usr/lib/rpm/bin too. Its distributed w 
> @rpm5.org.
>
I will (re)take a look at it for popt.
>
> Note that test2/test3 have never ever been usefully or reliably implemented 
> or maintained.
> Which means that there's only test1 that has any meaning.
>
> The point is that I'm not sure that all the AutoFu baggage for
> a test harness is largely a waste of time (imho) because its
> just one KISSy script that invokes test1 53 different times.

Sure. It is clear to me that improved coverage tests would be necessary
>
> Note that I _REALLY_ wish to avoid a test harness from HELL,
> nothing more. If it floats your boat to use AutoFu for running
> test.sh, that's fine. But if 50+ different invocations of
> a single executable leads to 50+ different scripts/inputs/outputs
> well, that's my de faction definition of HELL.
Ok, Autofu was just my goal at this moment. It was what I promised.
I'm sure that it is possible to find something more engineered for
popt 2.0.The problem, as always, is the time, which, like life, is
short.

Best Regards
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