Re: Failing spelling tests
Hi again,
I've sent that one too quickly. :-)
Axel Beckert wrote:
> > It seems that the command used is "aspell list -l en -p /dev/null" and
> > that Test::Spell has a "set_spell_cmd" that could be (ab)used for this
> > purpose. I have not tested it - but if it works in and outside a clean
> > chroot, I certainly do not mind having it in the test case.
>
> Having had a look at /usr/share/perl5/Test/Spelling.pm, I noticed that
> not aspell but spell from the package spell is Test::Spelling's top
> preference:
>
> sub spellchecker_candidates {
> # if they've specified a spellchecker, use only that one
> return $SPELLCHECKER if $SPELLCHECKER;
>
> return (
> 'spell', # for back-compat, this is the top candidate ...
> 'aspell list -l en -p /dev/null', # ... but this should become first soon
> 'ispell -l',
> 'hunspell -l',
> );
> }
[...]
> So having "spell" installed seems what made the lintian build fail.
So yes, hardcoding "aspell list -l en -p /dev/null" via set_spell_cmd
will fix this. And it will fix this in a less invasive way than a
"Build-Conflicts: spell" would do.
Will take care of it. Thanks for the helpful comments!
Regards, Axel
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