Re: Test failures with python versions when building git 1.8.1

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jan 2, 2013, 20:54 UTC
Message-ID: <20130102205435.GA24810@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vip7f4k7x.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 08:34:42AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > Whether we end up doing something with contrib and tests or not, the
> > patch below gives a minimal fix in the meantime.
> 
> Replacing the symbolic link with write_script that uses exported
> variables looks like a familiar pattern.  I like it.
> 
> Oh, wait.  That pattern is of course familiar, because 5a02966
> (t9020: use configured Python to run the test helper, 2012-12-18)
> has been in 'next', and is planned for the first batch.

Great minds think alike, I guess?

Would have been nice to mention that you had done a patch when you pointed to the unproductive thread. :P But I think you can take the similarity of our patches and commit messages as my endorsement of 5a02966. :)

-Peff