Commit 5b7c6b4ce170477dc3a25a5ca669d117bfb40aa8
2011-06-07T15:24:11
test defs: new function 'fatal_', for hard errors Before this patch, the only way offered by tests/defs to properly signal a hard error was the `framework_failure_' function. But the error message issued by that function, as its name would suggest, refers to a set-up failure in the testsuite, while hard errors can obviously also be due to other reasons. The best way to fix this inconsistency is to introduce a new function with a more general error message. Inspired by a recent similar change to Gnulib's tests/init.sh. * tests/defs.in (fatal_): New function. * tests/README (Section "Writing test cases" subsection "Do"): Suggest the use of `fatal_', not of `framework_failure_', for generic hard errors. The latter should be reserved for "real" set-up failures.