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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:15:30 +1000 From: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> Cc: xfs@....sgi.com, Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] check: add support for an external test expunging file On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:52:00PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > Currently the -X option is intended to specify a set of expunging > files which are stored in each test/* subdirectory. As described in > the commit description for 0b1e8abd4, in order to exclude the test > generic/280, the -X option is used as follows: > > $ cat tests/generic/3.0-stable-avoid > 280 > $ sudo ./check -X 3.0-stable-avoid generic/280 > > However, it is sometimes useful to store the set of expunged tests in > a single file, outside of tests/* subdirectories. This commit allows > the following: > > $ cat /root/conf/data_journal.exclude > generic/068 > ext4/301 > $ sudo ./check -X /root/conf/data_journal.exclude -g auto > > If the argument to the -X option is a pathname (that is, includes a > '/' character), treat it as the latter case. If it the argument to > the -X option is just a bare filename (that is, does not include '/' > character), treat it as the former. Can you add a new option rather than overloading the existing one with new meanings and semantics? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@...morbit.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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