Re: Test suites

2008-04-21 Thread Ben Finney
ould disable or rework any > > parts of the test suite that would need any of the following: > > > > * An X server (e.g. for GUI tests) > > * A working network connection > > * Write access to the file system outside the build directory (with > > obvious except

Re: Test suites

2008-04-21 Thread Neil Williams
; > * An X server (e.g. for GUI tests) > * A working network connection > * Write access to the file system outside the build directory (with > obvious exceptions like /tmp) > * Interactivity IMHO test suites that require any of these external requirements are simply not sane. I would

Re: Test suites

2008-04-21 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Neil Williams wrote: > On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 14:58 +0200, Martin Fuzzey wrote: >> Hi mentors, >> >> A little question regarding automatic test suites : >> >> When a package provides such a suite should the normal package build process >> : >> &g

Re: Test suites

2008-04-20 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 13:06 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > make check > > Please use $(MAKE) instead of calling make directly. Good point - updated the Wiki with the same. -- Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally si

Re: Test suites

2008-04-20 Thread Raphael Geissert
Neil Williams wrote: > make check Please use $(MAKE) instead of calling make directly. Cheers, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Test suites

2008-04-20 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 14:58 +0200, Martin Fuzzey wrote: > Hi mentors, > > A little question regarding automatic test suites : > > When a package provides such a suite should the normal package build process : > > 1) Always run the test suite (for example to catch bugs th

Re: Test suites

2008-04-20 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce début d'après-midi nuageux du dimanche 20 avril 2008, vers 14:58, "Martin Fuzzey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > A little question regarding automatic test suites : > When a package provides such a suite should the normal package build process : > 1)

Test suites

2008-04-20 Thread Martin Fuzzey
Hi mentors, A little question regarding automatic test suites : When a package provides such a suite should the normal package build process : 1) Always run the test suite (for example to catch bugs that may not occur on the developper's architecture) 2) Never run the test suite (to