On 05/02/2008, Francois Gouget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I run winetest on Windows XP I get some dialog boxes asking me: > > Do you want to keep blocking this program?
This is because the Windows firewall is blocking the application from connecting to the internet and/or making TCP/IP calls. > According to the title bar, the impacted tests are: > dplayx > rpcrt4 > 'Microsoft DirectPlay Helper' ??? > ws2_32 > > My understanding is that it should only prevent the test from receiving > network connections which I guess is not common. Does anyone know if > this could cause any test failure currently? If the firewall is blocking the network traffic, it should cause those tests to fail. > How does XP determine whether to block the test or not? > > Is the 'authorisation' based on the executable hash? If so there's no > way to pre-authorise the tests for nightly tests. > > Should the winetest mark the executable so it is not hampered by this > check? I don't know if it is possible to automatically (or even globally) allow these tests to run without disabling the firewall. This would need further investigation. Also, could you add a note about the presence of a firewall to the ConformanceTests wiki page. Thanks, - Reece