RFR(XS): 8050825: Support running regression tests using jtreg_tests+TESTDIRS from top level

[David Holmes]

Looks okay to me.

To be clear, the format of the "path" is not flexible but must have the 
form ../<component>/test/...

David

On 16/07/2014 12:51 PM, Mikael Vidstedt wrote:
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> I suppose a webrev helps:
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> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mikael/webrevs/8050825/webrev.00/webrev/
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> Sorry 'bout that.
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> Cheers,
> Mikael
>
> On 2014-07-15 19:48, Mikael Vidstedt wrote:
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>> Please review the below change which adds support for running jtreg
>> tests from the top level test/ directory using the 'make
>> TESTDIRS=<path> jtreg_tests' syntax. The TESTDIRS syntax is already
>> used in files like hotspot/test/Makefile and jdk/test/Makefile and
>> allows for selecting which jtreg tests to run by providing a
>> directory/path filter. The change enables doing the same type of
>> invocation from the top level; something like this:
>>
>> cd test && make TESTDIRS=../hotspot/test/runtime jtreg_tests
>> cd test && make TESTDIRS=../jdk/test/javax jtreg_tests
>>
>> The implementation logic simply extracts the component (hotspot, jdk
>> etc.) from the value of TESTDIRS and delegates to the respective
>> component's test/Makefile, removing the ../<component>/test from
>> TESTDIRS in the process.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mikael
>>
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