[DTrace-devel] [PATCH] test: Account again for variations in error messages

[Kris Van Hees]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2025 at 11:13:38PM -0400, eugene.loh at oracle.com wrote:
> From: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh at oracle.com>
> 
> In commit 944dac095 ("test: Account for variations in error messages"),
> an attempt was made to account for variations in error messages.
> 
> However, it was applied to the branch after commit 49e646183
> ("test: dupstruct: fix extra duplicate identifier case"), and conflict
> resolution was not consistent.  The earlier patch "standardized"
> messages by applying an optional "enumerator" where that label was
> missing;  the subsequent patch did the opposite.  Subsequently, some
> logic got messed up.
> 
> Fix up the logic.  In particular, standardize on the shorter error
> message (without the "enumerator" label) and adjust one .r file
> accordingly.

My bad in merging, I think.

Anyway, I think we should standardize on what the most recent (and hopefully)
final form of the error message is rather than the shortest.  I.e. make the
current libctf error message the default, and adjust the older version to be
like the current one.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh at oracle.com>
> ---
>  test/unittest/types/err.D_UNKNOWN.dupstruct.r | 2 +-
>  test/utils/libctf.r.p                         | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/test/unittest/types/err.D_UNKNOWN.dupstruct.r b/test/unittest/types/err.D_UNKNOWN.dupstruct.r
> index 762b24f4c..7afa74aa7 100644
> --- a/test/unittest/types/err.D_UNKNOWN.dupstruct.r
> +++ b/test/unittest/types/err.D_UNKNOWN.dupstruct.r
> @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
>  -- @@stderr --
> -dtrace: failed to compile script test/unittest/types/err.D_UNKNOWN.dupstruct.d: [D_UNKNOWN] line 17: failed to define member 'x': Duplicate member, enumerator, or variable name
> +dtrace: failed to compile script test/unittest/types/err.D_UNKNOWN.dupstruct.d: [D_UNKNOWN] line 17: failed to define member 'x': Duplicate member or variable name
> diff --git a/test/utils/libctf.r.p b/test/utils/libctf.r.p
> index 8a6fd8b13..b7c8a5e04 100755
> --- a/test/utils/libctf.r.p
> +++ b/test/utils/libctf.r.p
> @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
>  # http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
>  
>  # Possible 'enumerator' label.
> -/Duplicate member or variable name/ { sub(/Duplicate member/, "&, enumerator,"); }
> +/Duplicate member, enumerator, or variable name/ { sub(/ber, enumerator, or var/, "ber or var"); }
>  
>  # Possible trailing '.'.
> -/Duplicate member, enumerator, or variable name\.$/ { sub(/\.$/, ""); }
> +/Duplicate member or variable name\.$/ { sub(/\.$/, ""); }
>  /Member name not found\.$/ { sub(/\.$/, ""); }
>  
>  # Could be union or struct.
> -- 
> 2.47.3
>