Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH RFC 01/14] ts-xen-build: always compile in FEP support

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wei Liu writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH RFC 01/14] ts-xen-build: always 
compile in FEP support"):
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 02:28:01PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > However, it might be useful to confirm that fep doesn't accidentally
> > disappear, or a load of tests which were previously passing will turn
> > into skip, which I presume OSSTest isn't going to be overly concerned with.

Yes, indeed.  That should be detected by spotting that the fep test
fails.

> OK. I will adjust that test to check a runvar for expected result.

No, that is not the right approach.

> For 4.8 onwards, the expected result of fep test is SUCCESS and for (to
> be implemented) older versions the expected result is ERROR (or FAILURE?
> Doesn't matter from OSSTest's PoV) because branches for older versions
> always have FEP to be off.

Why not just report the fep test as having failed, in old branches,
and then carry on ?

Ian.

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