[flac-dev] flac 1.3.0pre2 pre-release

[Ben Allison]

>> Jaren Stangret wrote:
>>
>>> Testing the metadata-handling properties of flac-to-flac encoding...
>>> case00a... Files case00a-expect.meta and out.meta differ
>>> ERROR: metadata does not match expected case00a-expect.meta
>>> make: *** [fullcheck] Error 1
>>
>> Last night I did a git bisect on this issue and this error arose
>> when I changed the version from "1.2.1" to "1.3.0pre1". Obvioulsy
>> the test shouldn't have failed just because the version string
>> changed :-).
>
> The metadata block contains the vendor string (aka libFLAC version
> number).  I bet case00a-expect.meta still has 1.2.1.

Slight correction.  It isn't checking against the vendor string.  However,
it is checking against the length of the Vorbis Comments Metadata Block. 
the "pre1" adds 4 bytes and the test fails.

-Ben