Perforce plug-in: Matrix build - Why is clean build/force sync "highly recommended"?

2014-04-10 Thread Jonathan Rice
In a matrix build, the following warning is printed, if you don't opt for "Always Force Sync", or "Clean Workspace": "This is a matrix build; It is HIGHLY recommended that you enable the 'Always Force Sync' or 'Clean Workspace' options. Failing to do so will likely result in child builds not be

Re: Trouble with xUnit plug-in on OS X? "The plugin hasn't been performed correctly: remote file operation failed"

2012-11-01 Thread Jonathan Rice
tion failed". That's one unforgiving and unhelpful parser! On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:53:10 PM UTC-5, Jonathan Rice wrote: > > I can't get even a supposedly simple JUnit test working on my OS X Jenkins > system. Can anyone give any advice? I have a test script which

Trouble with xUnit plug-in on OS X? "The plugin hasn't been performed correctly: remote file operation failed"

2012-10-31 Thread Jonathan Rice
I can't get even a supposedly simple JUnit test working on my OS X Jenkins system. Can anyone give any advice? I have a test script which just prints the following dummy JUnit XML text to $(WORKSPACE)/dummy_junit.xml: Running on eit

Re: Many jobs at the same slave

2012-09-28 Thread Jonathan Rice
I just started a thread ("Tests which require an initial reboot?") which has a potential use case for successive jobs on the same slave. I need to test driver builds which require an initial install and reboot, and then functional tests. One possible way to implement this would be to schedule c

Tests which require an initial reboot? (driver testing)

2012-09-28 Thread Jonathan Rice
I'm doing a project which involves building and testing drivers on OS X. Testing would happen on dedicated slave machines, but the snag is that after installing the drivers, the machine must be rebooted before functional testing is started. I can think of two general ways to approach this in Je