Path: csiph.com!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Dave Newsgroups: gnu.groff.bug Subject: [bug #57630] test-groff clobbers environment's GROFF_*_PATH variables Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 15:56:11 -0500 (EST) Lines: 31 Approved: bug-groff@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20200118-223928.sv93119.50528@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-065054.sv108747.44939@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-125106.sv97361.53025@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-145610.sv93119.40026@savannah.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1579467375 32093 209.51.188.17 (19 Jan 2020 20:56:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: "G. Branden Robinson" , Dave , Ingo Schwarze , bug-groff@gnu.org Envelope-to: bug-groff@gnu.org X-PHP-Originating-Script: 1001:sendmail.php X-Savane-Server: savannah.gnu.org:443 [2001:470:142:5::79] X-Savane-Project: groff X-Savane-Tracker: bugs X-Savane-Item-ID: 57630 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0 X-Apparently-From: 2605:a601:aac3:e300:55b7:e0e9:96ca:b482 (Savane authenticated user barx) In-Reply-To: <20200119-125106.sv97361.53025@savannah.gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.79 X-BeenThere: bug-groff@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for the GNU version of nroff, troff et al" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <20200119-145610.sv93119.40026@savannah.gnu.org> X-Mailman-Original-References: <20200118-223928.sv93119.50528@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-065054.sv108747.44939@savannah.gnu.org> <20200119-125106.sv97361.53025@savannah.gnu.org> Xref: csiph.com gnu.groff.bug:1673 Follow-up Comment #3, bug #57630 (project groff): [comment #2 comment #2:] > The test-groff crutch is not intended as a user command. > If it has any usefulness at all (and even that may be dubious), Any user who finds it useless shouldn't care much how it works. And those who find it useful are in a better position to make the call on how it's most useful. Still, most of those people probably aren't following this bug report, so this might be a discussion for the email list. > it is for running regression tests. Certainly one ought to be able to include various settings of these *PATH variables in a regression test. So even for the limited use case you're willing to cede it, making it behave more like a real groff installation is important. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/