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Re: Executing tests during package building?



On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:14:24PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> I am packaging a software which includes tests to check if the binary is
> fully funcionnal. However, those tests are much more processor intensive
> than the compilation itself. Is there a general policy about what to do

I don't know about a general policy, but I've myself set gecode to run
its test suite in debian/rules, excluding some of the slower buildds.

> with them? Is it enough to run them when testing the package before
> upload, or should them be ran systematically by debian/rules, thus using
> cpu power of the buildds?

If you have tests, it's likely to be a good idea to run them on
multiple architectures.



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