I agree with Brad, the --timeout command line parameter should only set/override the variable CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT. The behavior w.r.t. test TIMEOUT properties should be left as is for this change.
A **new** --timeout-scale with well defined / documented interactions with the global variable and the test properties would be the best approach for introducing changes in behavior. Or a **new** --ignore-timeout-test-property to simply use the global value everywhere for some use cases. D On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Ben Boeckel <ben.boec...@kitware.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 23:01:31 -0800, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> On the cmake general list, Brad recently answered my original query on this >> subject and appears to agree with me that that ctest --timeout >> option should always have the highest priority, i.e., override any >> timeout set by the project such as the above TIMEOUT property. > > Here's the snippet from Brad's message: > >> From the history of that code it looks like --timeout was added with >> no consideration of its relationship to CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT. Some >> other CTest options in the same scope as CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT can be >> overridden by the command line, so I agree that --timeout should >> override it too. > > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.user/54086/focus=54168 > > which implies that --timeout sets CTEST_TEST_TIMEOUT, but any properties > would ignore the setting (as they do now). > > --Ben > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
