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Re: parallel-tests: dependencies between tests
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: parallel-tests: dependencies between tests |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:38:08 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 02:05:19PM CEST:
> manual: Add note about parallelism and tests ordering.
>
> * doc/automake.texi (Simple Tests using parallel-tests):
> Dependencies between test logs work for tests with known
> extensions only. Hint that tests should be prepared to be run
> in parallel.
I've pushed this patch to next now.
Cheers,
Ralf
> --- a/doc/automake.texi
> +++ b/doc/automake.texi
> @@ -8652,7 +8652,13 @@ foo-execute.log: foo-compile.log
> @noindent
> Please note that this ordering ignores the @emph{results} of required
> tests, thus the test @file{foo-execute.test} is run even if the test
> address@hidden failed or was skipped beforehand.
> address@hidden failed or was skipped beforehand. Further,
> +please note that specifying such dependencies currently works only for
> +tests that end in one of the suffixes listed in @code{TEST_EXTENSIONS}.
> +
> +Tests without such specified dependencies may be run concurrently with
> +parallel @command{make address@hidden, so be sure they are prepared for
> +concurrent execution.
>
> @cindex Unit tests
> The combination of lazy test execution and correct dependencies between
>