Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance

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On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:20 PM Derrick Stolee <stolee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was giving your 'test-tool getuid' idea a try, and found that _also_
> the $HOME environment variable differs from the format we expect in these
> subcommands:
>
>                    $HOME: C:\...
>   argument in subcommand: /c/...

Where does this problem crop up exactly? Is the test doing a literal
comparison against the value in $HOME?

> So, there is another reason why these tests don't work on Windows. I'm
> of the opinion that maybe it's not worth _that_ level of cross-platform
> testing.
>
> Unless I'm missing something simple about a $HOME alternative here, this
> seems to be more work than the resulting value. Personally, I'm happy
> with the benefit you've already provided in allowing Linux to test all
> platforms.

Indeed, it's not worth investing a lot of additional time into it. And
it's certainly not a good reason to hold up the series. Moreover, this
is the sort of thing which can be refined/handled later if someone
wants to take a shot at it.



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