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Re: Antw: Re: RE24 testing call (OpenLDAP 2.4.37)
>>> Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com> schrieb am 25.10.2013 um 01:11 in Nachricht
<5269A920.1010702@symas.com>:
> Ulrich Windl wrote:
>>>>> Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@zimbra.com> schrieb am 23.10.2013 um 19:12 in
>> Nachricht <921249C16E0FB2B352961386@[192.168.1.93]>:
>>> --On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 6:40 PM +0200 Patrick Lists
>>> <openldap-list@puzzled.xs4all.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Quanah,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/22/2013 10:27 PM, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
>>>>> If you know how to build OpenLDAP manually, and would like to
>>>>> participate in testing the next set of code for the 2.4.37 release,
>>>>> please do so.
>>>>>
>>>>> Generally, get the code for RE24:
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git;a=snapshot;h=re
>>>>> fs/heads/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4;sf=tgz>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Configure & build.
>>>>>
>>>>> Execute the test suite (via make test) after it is built.
>>>>
>>>> On a CentOS 6.4 x86_64 VM I downloaded RE24 git rev f9e417a, did make
>>>> test and scrolling back all tests were OK.
>>>>
>>>> Is there perhaps a summary file somewhere which contains the results of
>>>> all tests? That would be a lot easier and quicker than scrolling back a
>>>> zillion lines.
>>>
>>> If a test fails, the test suite will stop. ;)
>>
>> Most test suits work differently, and they write a summary line at the end
> (like "# test suceeded, # tests failed, # test skipped")
>
> The OpenLDAP test suite's default behavior hasn't changed in 15 years. It
> was
> written for developers; developers should fix problems as soon as they are
> detected.
>
> In recent releases, the behavior you describe was added. You enable it by
> setting the NOEXIT environment variable. Packagers tend to want this
> behavior.
> Note that the underlying assumption of the OpenLDAP Project is that we are
> developing source code and releasing it to be read by other developers. When
>
> we preface an announcement with "If you know how to build OpenLDAP manually"
>
> that should also mean, at the very least, "you are not afraid to read
> Makefiles and shell scripts" and thus there is no need to explain any of
> this.
I was thinking about variable configurations: If you build openLDAP without support for fancy database X, the tests for database X probably will nout fail, but will be skipped. Or if a SSL/TLS connection cannot be established( configuration error, not a software error), some related tests may be skipped.
Occasionally there a also silent performance expectations in the tests (like for CUPS: If you test a printer that is very slow, some tests may be falgged as FAILED).
>
> --
> -- Howard Chu
> CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com
> Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
> Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/