On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 14:01:26 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd like to propose to formalize a new option («nocheck») in > > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to make the build skip running any test-suites. > > > > This helps for example when doing iterations of patching, building > > and testing, until you want to do the final build. > > > > There are already packages using either nocheck or notest, I chose > > nocheck because it matches autotools conventions, but I don't really > > care on which one we settle down, the important thing is to use one > > consistently in the packages. > > > > Attached the patch against latest policy document (it might need > > rewording by a native speaker). > > Here's a slightly modified version of Guillem's patch that makes fewer > assumptions about the structure of the debian/rules file in the example > and doesn't refer to a non-mandatory target (install). Seconds? > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index c9bd84f..ad5ba08 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -2028,6 +2028,11 @@ > <p> > The meaning of the following tags has been standardized: > <taglist> > + <tag>nocheck</tag> > + <item> > + This tag says to not run any build-time test suite > + provided by the package. > + </item> > <tag>noopt</tag> > <item> > The presence of this tag means that the package should > @@ -2095,6 +2100,12 @@ ifneq (,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) > NUMJOBS = $(patsubst parallel=%,%,$(filter > parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) > MAKEFLAGS += -j$(NUMJOBS) > endif > + > +build: > + # ... > +ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) > + # Code to run the package test suite. > +endif > </example> > </p> > </sect1>
Seems fine to me. thanks, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
