[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014376]: End of output for failed tests is more useful than the start

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=14376 
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Reported By:                drussel at gmail.com
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14376
Category:                   CTest
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-08-26 12:51 EDT
Last Modified:              2013-08-26 12:51 EDT
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Summary:                    End of output for failed tests is more useful than
the start
Description: 
When CTEST_CUSTOM_MAXIMUM_FAILED_TEST_OUTPUT_SIZE=k is set, the output is
truncated to the given size. However, the last k characters tends to be more
useful than the first k as it often contains stack traces and other info, as
opposed to logs about initialization and stuff. It would be nice to be able to
return the tail of the output instead. Once could pipe things through tail, but
that requires finding that command in a cross platform way, making sure that the
buffer for tail matches that for ctest.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-08-26 12:51 drussel at gmail.comNew Issue                                    
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