Re: [PATCH 05/15] t/Makefile: optimize chainlint self-test

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 5:22 AM Fabian Stelzer [off-list ref] wrote:

On 13.12.2021 01:30, Eric Sunshine wrote:

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check-chainlint:
+      sed -e '/^# LINT: /d' $(patsubst %,chainlint/%.test,$(CHAINLINTTESTS)) >'$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/tests && \
+      cat $(patsubst %,chainlint/%.expect,$(CHAINLINTTESTS)) >'$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/expect && \
+      $(CHAINLINT) '$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/tests >'$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/actual && \
+      diff -u '$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/expect '$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/actual

If I read this right you are relying on the order of the .test & .expect
files to match. I did something similar in a test prereq which resulted in a
bug when setting the test_output_dir to something residing in /dev/shm,
since the order of files in /dev/shm is reversed (at least on some
platforms). Even though this should work as is I could see this leading to a
similar bug in the future.

It's not seen in the patch context, but earlier in the file we have:

    CHAINLINTTESTS = $(sort $(...,$(wildcard chainlint/*.test)))

which provides stability via `sort`, thus ensures that the order of
the ".test" and ".expect" match.

I think that addresses your concern (unless I misunderstand your observation).