Implement NOCOMPARE magic.

tests/Makefile

@@ -133,11 +133,23 @@ count:
 # The diff file produced has corrected spellings in it. That's what oldfilter
 # is for, to massage out the orioginal dpellings and avoid noise diffs.
 # Diffs in amount of whitespace and trailing whitespace are ignored
-
+#
+# A magic comment of NOCOMPARE in a log file excludes it from this comparison.
+# First use of this is to avoid a spurious mismatch on the news text.
+TAPFILTER=tapview
 ancient: $(SGAMES)
 	@if [ -f ../advent430 ]; then cp ../advent430 ../adventure.data .; else echo "advent430 nonexistent"; exit 1; fi
-	@-for x in *.log; do stem=$${x%.log}; echo $${stem}; ./advent430 <$${stem}.log | ./oldfilter >$${stem}.ochk; done
+	@-(for x in *.log; do \
-	@-(for x in *.log; do stem=$${x%.log}; legend=$$(sed -n '/^## /s///p' <$$x 2>/dev/null || echo "(no description)"); ./newfilter <$${stem}.chk | tapdiffer -w "$${legend}" $${stem}.ochk; done; echo 1..$(words $(shell ls *.log))) | tapview
+		stem=$${x%.log}; \
+		legend=$$(sed -n '/^## /s///p' <$$x 2>/dev/null || echo "(no description)"); \
+		if grep NOCOMPARE $$x >/dev/null; \
+			then echo "not ok - $${stem}.ochk: $${legend} # SKIP"; \
+			else \
+				./advent430 <$${stem}.log | oldfilter >$${stem}.ochk; \
+				./newfilter <$${stem}.chk | tapdiffer -w "$${stem}: $${legend}" $${stem}.ochk; \
+			fi; \
+	done; \
+	echo 1..$(words $(shell ls *.log))) | $(TAPFILTER)
 	@rm *.ochk advent430 adventure.data
 
 # end

tests/birdweight.log

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## Verify that the bird is weightless in inventory
 # Checks fix for GitLab issue #40
+#NOCOMPARE Bird was not weightless in cage in advent430 so this test is invalid.
 n
 #seed 687800971
 seed 976729036

tests/endobjects.log

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ### Check that water is unavailable in endgame
 # Addresses GitLab issue #55: in endgame, some object starting states are incorrect
+#NOCOMPARE Bird was not weightless in cade in advent430, this test depends on that.
 no
 seed 11247848
 no

tests/resumefail.log

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## Resume from invalid filename
+#NOCOMPARE advent430 crashes on resume fom invalid filename and we don't care.
 n
 seed 1240742801
 resume

tests/resumefail2.log

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## Resume from from generated save with version mismatch error
+#NOCOMPARE Reveals a bug in advent430 handling of saves with invalid versions.
 n
 resume
 y

tests/savefail.log

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## Save right after starting to invalid filename
+#NOCOMPARE advent430 crashes on save to invalid filename and we don't care.
 n
 seed 1240742801
 save

tests/saveresume.3.log

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## Almost win, then save
 # Based on walkthrough at http://www.ecsoftwareconsulting.com/node/56
+#NOCOMPARE seems to reveal a bug in advent430
 n
 seed 1838473132
 in

tests/saveresume.4.log

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Resume, then win
 # Here to get class threshold of 426
 # Note, savefile name has trailing space
+#NOCOMPARE Reveals that advent430 does not resume in endgame gracefully.
 n
 resume
 y

tests/specials.log

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ## Test special words
+#NOCOMPARE The news text has changed
 n
 thank
 shazam