[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] fate: Add a target for listing failed tests

[Alexander Strasser]

On 2024-12-04 16:07 +0200, Martin Storsjö wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, Alexander Strasser via ffmpeg-devel wrote:

[...]

> >
> > Would it be better to use the same description as int fate.texi ?
>
> Sure, I can add that extra parenthesis.

Thanks.

[...]
> > > +fate-clear-results:
> > > +	@rm -f tests/data/fate/*.rep
> > > +
> > >  coverage.info: TAG = LCOV
> > >  coverage.info:
> > >  	$(M)lcov -q -d $(CURDIR) -b $(patsubst src%,./,$(SRC_LINK)) --capture | \
> > > --
> >
> > Maybe the attached patch would make sense on top of your changes?
>
> Nice, thanks. I'm not very familiar with awk so I seldom write such things
> myself, but this does indeed seem neater.
>
> As a second question, do you have any opinion on the fate target names?
> Should the second be "fate-clear-failing" to match the list-failing one? But
> technically it's not only about clearing the failing ones but clearing all
> results...

I think fate-clear-results is better, because it more accurately
describes what it does.

Maybe fate-clear-reports would be even more precise. That is if
I recall correctly that the `.rep` suffix was chosen as an abbrevation
for report.


  Alexander