Re: [PATCH] travis-ci: avoid new tcl/tk build requirement

[Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> wrote:
> A build requirement on tcl/tk was added in 01c54284f1 (Makefile: check
> that tcl/tk is installed, 2017-11-20).  For building and running the
> tests, we don't need tcl/tk installed.  Bypass the requirement.
>
> Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
> ---
>
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> It seems that TravisCI objects ;-)
>>
>>    https://travis-ci.org/git/git/jobs/307745929
>
> Interesting that the main builds passed.  I don't know what the default
> 64-bit linuxinstall looks like in travis, so I presume it includes
> tcl/tk or something.

Yeah, interesting. I am cc'ing Lars who perhaps knows.

> In any case, perhaps something like this is what we want?  We could use
> NO_TCLTK or ensure that tcl/tk is installed in all environments.  I used
> the BYPASS_TCLTK_CHECK option since the tests have been running without
> tcl/tk previously.  If they become required for the tests, this can be
> adjusted.
>
> I have a travis job running with this change here:
>
>     https://travis-ci.org/tmzullinger/git/builds/308452464
>
> So far the only failure is (what looks like) an unrelated one in the
> GETTEXT_POISON build.

Yeah, I can't see how test failures in the t/ directory could be related.

>  .travis.yml              | 1 +
>  ci/run-linux32-docker.sh | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

The patch looks good to me. Thanks!

I wonder if it would be better to squash it into my patch or to keep
it separate. I am ok with both ways.