Bug#416450: [PROPOSAL] New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 14:01:26 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> writes:
>
> > I'd like to propose to formalize a new option («nocheck») in
> > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to make the build skip running any test-suites.
> >
> > This helps for example when doing iterations of patching, building
> > and testing, until you want to do the final build.
> >
> > There are already packages using either nocheck or notest, I chose
> > nocheck because it matches autotools conventions, but I don't really
> > care on which one we settle down, the important thing is to use one
> > consistently in the packages.
> >
> > Attached the patch against latest policy document (it might need
> > rewording by a native speaker).
>
> Here's a slightly modified version of Guillem's patch that makes fewer
> assumptions about the structure of the debian/rules file in the example
> and doesn't refer to a non-mandatory target (install). Seconds?
>
> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index c9bd84f..ad5ba08 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -2028,6 +2028,11 @@
> <p>
> The meaning of the following tags has been standardized:
> <taglist>
> + <tag>nocheck</tag>
> + <item>
> + This tag says to not run any build-time test suite
> + provided by the package.
> + </item>
> <tag>noopt</tag>
> <item>
> The presence of this tag means that the package should
> @@ -2095,6 +2100,12 @@ ifneq (,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
> NUMJOBS = $(patsubst parallel=%,%,$(filter parallel=%,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
> MAKEFLAGS += -j$(NUMJOBS)
> endif
> +
> +build:
> + # ...
> +ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
> + # Code to run the package test suite.
> +endif
> </example>
> </p>
> </sect1>
Seems fine to me.
thanks,
guillem
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