Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:39:56 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: regression-test Message-ID: <485B0A6C.3080301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080619210519.GV18873@graf.pompo.net> References: <676047.76296.qm@web32706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080619163501.GB12160@atarininja.org> <485A921C.80602@FreeBSD.org> <20080619210519.GV18873@graf.pompo.net>
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Thierry Thomas wrote: > Le Jeu 19 jui 08 à 19:06:36 +0200, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> > écrivait : > >> We *want* regression tests to be available unconditionally -- that is >> why I added the hook to the package build process to run them if >> present. Please don't hack around this because you think you're doing >> us a favour :-) > > I try to enable regression-test when possible, but the current > implementation is a post-build target, and some ports' testings need a > post-install target. In these cases, I enclose the regression-test > target between .ifdef MAINTAINER_MODE. I'd say those ports are broken; conceptually, you should be testing whether or not your port works *before* you install it, not after. Kris
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