From 2a0e180144a3e96b32b4f2b99e48be59bc8a1915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Melanson Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:48:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Document a critical gotcha in FATE FATE samples paths can not be contain a '~' character. This has bitten me on multiple occasions and I have heard I'm not the only victim. Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer --- doc/fate.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/fate.txt b/doc/fate.txt index 6ca302c024..ddcbdcda71 100644 --- a/doc/fate.txt +++ b/doc/fate.txt @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Use the following command to get the fate test samples To inform the build system about the testsuite location, pass `--samples=` to configure or set the SAMPLES Make variable or the FATE_SAMPLES environment variable to a suitable value. +NOTE: Do not put a '~' character in the samples path to indicate a home +directory. Because of shell nuances, this will cause FATE to fail. For information on how to set up FATE to send results to the official FFmpeg testing framework, please refer to the following wiki page: