building and using tests?

[Kelly O'Hair]

jtreg is a test harness, the GNU Makefile is just being used to run  
jtreg.
Nothing is "replacing the JCK" here, has nothing to do with the JCK at  
all.
It's just a way for developers to use the regression tests in the  
repositories
to test the jdk they have built. It's not a cross-compilation testing  
solution.

-kto

On Apr 19, 2010, at 6:27 AM, Salter, Thomas A wrote:

> Am I right that the jtreg tests run in the build environment and  
> require gnu make?  If so, they can't replace the JCK for those of us  
> who cross-compile to a target system which doesn't support gnu make  
> or an appropriate unix-style shell.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: build-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net [mailto:build-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net 
> ] On Behalf Of Erik Trimble
> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:58 PM
> Cc: build-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: building and using tests?
>
> Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>> These are just the jdk regression tests in the jdk/test directory.
>> There are also langtools/test regression tests too.
>>
>> -kto
>>
>
> In most of the repos, there's a top-level directory named "test",  
> which
> contains the regression/unit tests for a whole bunch of stuff.
>
> However, IIRC, the JCK itself still isn't available to non-licensees,
> and we have a significant number of tests which are non-free (they're
> owned by someone else and we can't give them away), that we haven't  
> had
> time to audit them for free-ness, or are very licensee-specific (and
> contain confidential info).  The first and second categories obviously
> are never going to be made publicly available. The second category is
> slowly getting smaller, as people eventually look at the stuff and  
> move
> it over into the free sections, but honestly, it's a very low  
> priority.
> Frankly, we're still trying to get around to doing a full test audit  
> to
> see if we actually need to even run everything we're doing right now
> (and, if we should start adding some other stuff for better coverage).
>
>
>
> Other than the full JCK suite, what is in the "test" directories  
> should
> suffice for the vast majority of folks - they're fairly comprehensive,
> and cover a lot of ground. If they're not good enough, well, might I
> direct you over here to the licensee-section of the company....
>
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> Erik Trimble
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