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Ciaran McCreesh posted on Tue, 17 May 2016 12:29:36 +0100 as excerpted: |
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> On Tue, 17 May 2016 07:26:03 -0400 Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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>> We already have "emerge --config" which is expected to be run after the |
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>> install process has completed, so I don't think that this is too much |
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>> of a stretch. Maybe call the phase "pkg_test" analogous to "pkg_config" |
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>> and in contrast to "src_test" which runs within the working directory. |
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>> Then "emerge --test" could run it. |
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> For various technical reasons to do with the spec and package manglers |
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> sometimes using phase function names with the src_ or pkg_ stripped off, |
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> calling it that would be a huge pain. |
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What about something like gentoo_test, or more generically, distro_test? |
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That would also emphasize the difference between distro-level |
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functionality and integration testing (which if I'm reading correctly is |
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the proposal here) and upstream-level testing, via src_test. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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