FreeTDS Development Group

[Andy Ford <andy.ford AT telindus.co.uk>]

Can this be fixed and will it affect the installation!?

Thanks

On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 16:56, Lowden, James K wrote:
> > From: ZIGLIO Frediano [mailto:Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafoneomnitel.it]
> > Sent: November 12, 2002 11:13 AM
> > 
> > > When I do a 'make check' part way through installing FreeTDS, 
> > > I get the
> > > following error messages...
> > > 
> > > ---- BEGIN ----
> > > t0001.c: Testing login, logout
> > > tds_connect() failed
> > > try_tds_login() failed
> > > FAIL: t0001
> 
> Two observations on unit tests.
> 
> 1.  The source file names are dumb:  
> 
>       t0001.c: Testing login, logout
> should say
>       loginout.c: Testing login, logout
> 
> 2.  The messages don't reflect the test data:
> 
>       tds_connect() failed
>       try_tds_login() failed
> should say
>       Connecting to server S port P host H address IP database D user U
> password P
>       tds_connect() failed, line __LINE__
>       try_tds_login() failed, line __LINE__
> 
> That is, tests should recapitulate their inputs.  
> 
> I suggest that new tests at least be more descriptive and verbose.  I
> mention it only because we're putting some effort into the tests wrt
> factoring and other goodness, and it might be easier to make such
> adjustments at the same time.  Clearer feedback would help newcomers
> especially, IMO.  
> 
> Thanks for listening.  
> 
> --jkl
> 
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