regression-test
Kris Kennaway
kris at FreeBSD.org
Fri Jun 20 01:39:56 UTC 2008
Thierry Thomas wrote:
> Le Jeu 19 jui 08 à 19:06:36 +0200, Kris Kennaway <kris at 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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