Re: 21.5 Test Suite Failures - database tests

|--==> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: SJT> Thanks for taking up the battle, Steve. All part of the job. :-) SY> FAIL: Assertion failed: (databasep db) SY> Unexpected error (wrong-type-argument databasep nil) while SY> executing interpreted code SJT> This could be a configuration problem or a problem in the tests. I SJT> see 10 of 10 tests passed with the Installation below. I'm wondering if it's a bodgy BerkDB 4.1 install here? SY> SUMMARY for /usr/local/src/xemacs/tests/automated/database-tests.el: SY> 0 passes SY> 2 assertion failures SY> 0 errors that should have been generated, but weren't SY> 0 wrong-error failures SY> 0 missing-message failures SY> 0 other failures SJT> This looks to me like tests are being executed when they shouldn't be. SJT> What is the Installation for the XEmacs that generated these? SJT> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SJT> My Installation: [...] SJT> Databases: SJT> Compiling in support for Berkeley database. What version? Here's my Installation (not the same XEmacs as was used above, but built with the same options/flags and produces the same test errors): uname -a: Linux eicq 2.4.20 #1 Wed Dec 18 02:14:29 EST 2002 i586 unknown ./configure '--extra-verbose' '--site-prefixes=/usr/local:/usr/local/pgsql:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1' '--dynamic=yes' '--with-gtk=no' '--with-gnome=no' '--with-toolbars' '--with-wmcommand' '--with-athena=next' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=athena' '--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-widgets=athena' '--with-gif' '--with-sound=native,noesd' '--with-site-lisp=no' '--with-site-modules' '--pdump' '--with-mule' '--with-xfs' '--debug' '--error-checking=all' '--memory-usage-stats' '--use-kkcc' '--with-clash-detection' XEmacs 21.5-b11 "cabbage" (+CVS-20030320) configured for `i586-pc-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /usr/local/src/xemacs Installation prefix: /usr/local Additional prefixes: /usr/local /usr/local/pgsql /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1 Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshadow -Wmissing-declarations -O1 -ggdb3 -Wall -Wchar-subscripts -Wunused -Wundef -Wshadow -Wsign-compare -Wmissing-declarations -march=k6 Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11/include - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11/lib - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/neXtaw - Athena library to link: neXtaw Using Lucid menubars. Using Athena scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Databases: Compiling in support for Berkeley database. Compiling in support for PostgreSQL. - Using PostgreSQL header file: libpq-fe.h - Using PostgreSQL V7 bindings. Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. - Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar. Mail: Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup. Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Using the new GC algorithms. Using the new portable dumper. Compiling in support for extra debugging code. WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: Compiling in support for runtime error checking. WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result. WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases. WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------- -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|