Re: parallel testsuite execution

[txie]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to create shared library file .so file? Currently I
only know write .la file (not .so file) in Makefile.am file. Thanks.

Ting




 "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  > Hello Benoit,
>
> Hi Ralf,
>
> Sorry for answering so late...
>
>
>  > Can you rid it of nonportable constructs, and more importantly, can it
>  > be included in Automake (copyright transfered to the FSF etc.)?
>
> Sure, no problems.
>
>  > Hmm, let's see.  Most suffix rules should be trival to convert, unless
> I
>  > missed something, except for the
>
>  >> %.log: %$(EXEEXT)
>
>  > rule.
>
> Yes, it should be straightforward.  In fact the most difficult task is
> that I'd like to support multiple test suites in a single directory.
> Maybe that's overkill, but in my context it would be quite useful
> actually.
>
> So I would like to be able to write something like
>
> TEST_SUITES = foo bar
> foo_TESTS = foo1.chk foo2.test foo3
> bar_TESTS = bar1.test bar2.sh bar3.c
>
> and be able to write on the side rules explaining how to .chk -> .log,
> .test -> .log etc.
>
> Maybe instead of _TESTS we could reuse _SOURCES?  That's not
> inconsistent: they are really sources which must be compiled into
> *.log files which are then linked together to produce foo.log and
> bar.log.
>
>  > I guess as a first approximation it would be ok to do without.  The
>  > awk script may require a bit of work for Solaris; I'd just drop the
>  > colors;
>
> Nah, please, let's keep them, it's really very useful!
>
>  > $(basename ..) is not portable;
>
> Will be fixed when migrated to Automake.
>
>  > and also it would need adjustment for Sun make's gigantic VPATH
>  > rewriting feature; 'TEST_LOGS ?=' would need to be replaced by an
>  > override done at 'automake' time.
>
> Sure, but who's going to spend some time on this?
>
>  > The whole thing should probably be governed by an Automake option
>  > parallel-tests, defaulting to off, for backward compatibility.
>  > Then some documentation, and about three tests to ensure it works
>  > as intended.
>
> We can handle that part.
>
>  > IOW, if nobody else I could probably even volunteer to do the rewrite
>  > once the legal situation is clear.
>
> That's a good thing to know :)
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