Re: Not running tests because tests miss source code is not useful
Richard Laager <rlaager@debian.org> writes:
> I haven't looked into the specifics of this situation, but in general,
> tests should be run against the same versions of dependencies that the
> actual code will use, for what should be obvious reasons. If Debian has
> the dependencies with different API versions, then it's all the more
> important that the tests run against the Debian versions of the
> dependencies.
I believe the dependencies in question are test dependencies. In other
words, they're dependencies required to drive the test suite machinery,
not dependencies of the code under test.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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