test: Generate a little run_emacs script to help debug any failures.

[notmuch] / test / test-lib.sh

diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index 28d14ef96aaa6965c5bbc8eedd963ad2928d5401..168123a2c267773f6537dca8bb13e3c66da10253 100644 (file)
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ .
 
+if [ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -lt 4 ]; then
+    echo "Error: The notmuch test suite requires a bash version >= 4.0"
+    echo "due to use of associative arrays within the test suite."
+    echo "Please try again with a newer bash (or help us fix the"
+    echo "test suite to be more portable). Thanks."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # if --tee was passed, write the output not only to the terminal, but
 # additionally to the file test-results/$BASENAME.out, too.
 case "$GIT_TEST_TEE_STARTED, $* " in
@@ -734,12 +742,29 @@ test_done () {
 }
 
 test_emacs () {
-    emacs_code="$1"
-    emacs --batch --no-site-file --directory ../../emacs --load notmuch.el \
+       # Construct a little test script here for the benefit of the user,
+       # (who can easily run "run_emacs" to get the same emacs environment
+       # for investigating any failures).    
+       cat <<EOF > run_emacs
+#!/bin/sh
+export PATH=$PATH
+export HOME=$HOME
+export NOTMUCH_CONFIG=$NOTMUCH_CONFIG
+
+# We assume that the user will give a command-line argument only if
+# wanting to run in batch mode.
+if [ \$# -gt 0 ]; then
+       BATCH=--batch
+fi
+
+emacs \$BATCH --no-site-file --directory ../../emacs --load notmuch.el \
        --eval "(defun notmuch-test-wait ()
                        (while (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))
                                (sleep-for 0.1)))" \
-       --eval "(progn (set-frame-width (window-frame (get-buffer-window)) 80) ${emacs_code})"
+       --eval "(progn (set-frame-width (window-frame (get-buffer-window)) 80) \$@)"
+EOF
+       chmod a+x ./run_emacs
+       ./run_emacs "$@"
 }