Ciaran McCreesh posted on Tue, 17 May 2016 12:29:36 +0100 as excerpted: > On Tue, 17 May 2016 07:26:03 -0400 Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> > wrote: >> We already have "emerge --config" which is expected to be run after the >> install process has completed, so I don't think that this is too much >> of a stretch. Maybe call the phase "pkg_test" analogous to "pkg_config" >> and in contrast to "src_test" which runs within the working directory. >> Then "emerge --test" could run it. > > For various technical reasons to do with the spec and package manglers > sometimes using phase function names with the src_ or pkg_ stripped off, > calling it that would be a huge pain.
What about something like gentoo_test, or more generically, distro_test? That would also emphasize the difference between distro-level functionality and integration testing (which if I'm reading correctly is the proposal here) and upstream-level testing, via src_test. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
