Request for Review: Make the Queens test ("test in build") an option that can be disabled

[Kelly O'Hair]

I agree.

Builds are builds, and tests are tests. We need some separation here.

-kto

On May 15, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:

> I think it would be good to see a more general proposal for how
> to handle tests in this new world, and then to see this Queens test
> be a part of that design.
> 
> -- Jon
> 
> 
> On 05/15/2012 04:34 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>> 
>> I should probably have posted this here as well...
>> 
>> There is a newer webrev than the one below at:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/make-test-in-build-an-option/webrev.01/
>> 
>> This adds:
>>  * Skip building test_gamma if TEST_IN_BUILD is not enabled
>>  * If cross-compiling, set TEST_IN_BUILD to false instead of making an early exit in test_gamma.
>> 
>> /Magnus
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:	Request for Review: Make the Queens test ("test in build") an option that can be disabled
>> Date:	Mon, 14 May 2012 15:05:10 +0200
>> From:	Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com>
>> To:	hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> 
>> As part of the new build system created in the build-infra project, we 
>> want to make it a configurable option wether or not to run the Queens 
>> test as part of the build.
>> 
>> Here is a patch that introduces a new make variable, TEST_IN_BUILD, 
>> which controls wether to run the Queens test (test_gamma.sh) or not. If 
>> the variable is not explicitely set, it will default to true, mening 
>> that the default behaviour will be as before, that is, to run the Queens 
>> test. However, if you (or configure) explicitely set it to false, the 
>> Queens test will be skipped.
>> 
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/make-test-in-build-an-option/webrev.00
>> 
>> /Magnus
>> 
> 

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