Re: glibc testsuite improvement
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Tomas Dohnalek <tdohnale@redhat.com> wrote:
> I have started to work on automation of comparing outputs from glibc
> testsuite, because of pointless manual work when new version arrives and we
> want to do as much as possible in upstream. In the beginning of the
> improvement process, we want to add simple one-line PASS/FAIL output for
> each test and also apart from usual `make check` add `make installcheck`
> rule for testing system binaries.
>
> I guess, that you are having the same difficulties so I want to ask, how do
> you deal with current state? Have you made any internal tool for comparing
> results or are you doing it manually?
>
> Hopefully I will soon send first initial patch to upstream, but first I want
> to know that I am not exploring the wheel and I want to know your
> opinions/objections concerning this intention.
>
> All suggestions are welcomed.
As an upstream maintainer I have no objection to this kind of work
e.g. PASS/FAIL markers for each test (of which there can be many
within a single test executable).
I look forward to seeing your proposal upstream.
Cheers,
Carlos.
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