* test/automated/file-notify-tests.el (file-notify--test-remote-enabled):

Try to check that the remote system has a notification program.

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/test/ChangeLog b/test/ChangeLog
index f7d66fc1cef..1efd86545aa 100644
--- a/test/ChangeLog
+++ b/test/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-08-01  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * automated/file-notify-tests.el (file-notify--test-remote-enabled):
+        Try to check that the remote system has a notification program.
+
 2013-07-31  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * automated/undo-tests.el (undo-test2, undo-test5): Be quieter.
diff --git a/test/automated/file-notify-tests.el b/test/automated/file-notify-tests.el
index 8bd4f258b1c..9f552ee7ab1 100644
--- a/test/automated/file-notify-tests.el
+++ b/test/automated/file-notify-tests.el
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 (defvar file-notify--test-event nil)
 
 (require 'tramp)
+(require 'tramp-sh)
 (setq tramp-verbose 0
       tramp-message-show-message nil)
 (when noninteractive (defalias 'tramp-read-passwd 'ignore))
@@ -57,7 +58,18 @@
   (ignore-errors
     (and (file-remote-p file-notify-test-remote-temporary-file-directory)
          (file-directory-p file-notify-test-remote-temporary-file-directory)
-         (file-writable-p file-notify-test-remote-temporary-file-directory))))
+         (file-writable-p file-notify-test-remote-temporary-file-directory)
+         ;; Extracted from tramp-sh-handle-file-notify-add-watch.
+         ;; Even though the "remote" system is just ssh@localhost,
+         ;; the PATH might not be the same as the "local" PATH.
+         ;; Eg this seems to be the case on hydra.nixos.org.
+         ;; Without this, tests fail with:
+         ;; "No file notification program found on /ssh:localhost:"
+         ;; Try to fix PATH instead?
+         (with-parsed-tramp-file-name
+             file-notify-test-remote-temporary-file-directory nil
+             (or (tramp-get-remote-gvfs-monitor-dir v)
+                 (tramp-get-remote-inotifywait v))))))
 
 (defmacro file-notify--deftest-remote (test docstring)
   "Define ert `TEST-remote' for remote files."