RFR: JDK-8193061 Add run-test-prebuilt functionality

[Erik Joelsson]

Looks good.

On 2017-12-05 12:14, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
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> On 2017-12-05 21:05, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>> Looks pretty good, only some minor notes:
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>> * RunTestsPrebuilt.gmk:72: indentation
> Fixed.
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>> * 95: You could use the sequence macro to generate a large set of 
>> increasing numbers here.
> Unfortunately, it's not available since I can't read MakeBase.gmk yet 
> (it requires a SPEC file). :-( I could have copied it, but that didn't 
> seem worth the effort compared to just listing the integers.
> ...
> *sound of coin landing in machine*
> Oh, but wait, that's not correct anymore. I *do* have MakeBase.gmk 
> included here. That also means I should replace "rm -f" with "$(RM)". :-)
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Yes, I did check for it, and you are already using AppendFile. :)

/Erik
>> * 182: "... all others use uname -m"
> Fixed.
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> New webrev with above fixes:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8193061-add-run-test-prebuilt/webrev.02 
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> /Magnus
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>> /Erik
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>> On 2017-12-05 05:02, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
>>> This addition makes it possible to run tests using the normal 
>>> RunTests.gmk framework, even if configure has not been run. The 
>>> typical use case is for automated testing, where a test machine can 
>>> download a prebuilt JDK image and test image, and the source tree, 
>>> and then start executing tests as specified by RunTests.gmk in the 
>>> source tree, but excersicing the prebuilt JDK and test image.
>>>
>>> This mode of operation has historically been provided by 
>>> test/Makefile, but that system is messy, not maintained and parallel 
>>> to the run-test implementation.
>>>
>>> With this patch, a new "global" target "run-test-prebuilt" is 
>>> provided. To use it, you must also specify a number of variables, 
>>> either on the command line or in the environment. These are the 
>>> variables that run-test-prebuilt cannot guess. With these values as 
>>> base, run-test-prebuilt creates a "fake" spec file, with some 
>>> generic values that are likely to work in many cases, and/or values 
>>> that can be detected in runtime.
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>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8193061
>>> WebRev: 
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8193061-add-run-test-prebuilt/webrev.01
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>>> /Magnus
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