Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:14:37 +0000 From: "Peel, Casey" <casey.peel@isilon.com> To: Julio Merino <jmmv@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-testing@freebsd.org" <freebsd-testing@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Makefiles for skip-level directories? Message-ID: <16437CC5729B5345AF77F816513376E820BAC7D2@MX103CL02.corp.emc.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFY7cWD52sSES%2BLqFr6T6-=WREF7iF=HGTDuKov4NhJ9_dmxng@mail.gmail.com> References: <16437CC5729B5345AF77F816513376E8129868F1@MX103CL02.corp.emc.com> <CAFY7cWD2A_B949Fp7Pp5rKysNbQE_LqBJh%2BwYD1-v8uGcLEXBw@mail.gmail.com> <16437CC5729B5345AF77F816513376E820BAA20A@MX103CL02.corp.emc.com> <CAFY7cWD52sSES%2BLqFr6T6-=WREF7iF=HGTDuKov4NhJ9_dmxng@mail.gmail.com>
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> Please let me know where the documentation above is lacking and/or how > to make it more discoverable. Well, lets start with the fact that the share/mk/bsd.README file isn't refe= renced anywhere on https://wiki.freebsd.org/TestSuite/DeveloperHowTo yet it= contains information on the Makefile variables that don't seem to be docum= ented anywhere else. It would be good to keep in mind that most testers aren't build engineers a= nd know just enough about Makefiles to get themselves in trouble (me includ= ed) so this is an area that needs to be over-documented. If we want to enab= le people to contribute test code, we need to lower th bar on how to wire t= hem up to the build. In an ideal world, the entire source tree would contai= n tests/ directories ready and primed for testcases to be added and the Mak= efile within them simply updated. In the meantime I'm going to acquire a Sonic Cherry Coke, put up my Do Not = Disturb sign, and see if I can't figure out how the hell this stuff works a= nd write up the definitive guide for n00bs like myself. -- Casey -- Performance Test Ninja casey.peel@isilon.com / 206.777.7945
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