Re: Doubt regarding expected failures in Make check for cppunit package

Hey Rajesh,


2013/11/13 Rajesh <rajesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

> Hi,
>
> This is regarding the package cppunit.  I am working on a new architecture
> - ppc64le (powerpc 64-bit Little Endian) and I was looking at building
> cppunit.  I  picked up the latest release tarball ( cppunit-1.13.2)  and
> built on our ppc64le environment.
>
> While building, the make check fails with the following errors.
>
>
>
>
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/rajesh/work/pkgs/
> cppunit/rel-tar/cppunit-1.13.2/examples/hierarchy'
> ..The following test fails, this is intended:
> F..The following test fails, this is intended:
> F.
>
> !!!FAILURES!!!
> Test Results:
> Run:  5   Failures: 2   Errors: 0
>
> 1) test: BoardGameTest<BoardGame>::testResetShouldFail (F) line: 45
> BoardGameTest.h
> assertion failed
> - Expression: !this->m_game->reset()
>
> 2) test: ChessTest<Chess>::testResetShouldFail (F) line: 45
> BoardGameTest.h
> assertion failed
> - Expression: !this->m_game->reset()
>
>
>
>
>
> I am not able to figure out if the error I am seeing above is an expected
> failure or not.
> The test says that it is intended, but still reported as !!!FAILURES!!!
>
> Could you please confirm if this is an expected failure or not?
This one should not result in a build failure. These are expected failures.
If make check fails can you maybe send the full console output of make
check?

Regards,
Markus