Very interesting... I would like to use build scripts in the Jenkins solution I 
have running to test my STM book configs... 

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> Op 2 jan. 2020 om 18:40 heeft Gregory Nutt <spudan...@gmail.com> het volgende 
> geschreven:
> 
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>> I have some scripts that I use to perform build testing.  That is, just 
>> build as many configurations.  This only verifies that no existing builds 
>> are broken.  It does not prove that a change is correct or that a change 
>> will not break a build that actually uses the change.  It would take a much 
>> smarter test to do that then such a brute force test (when, I don't advocate 
>> such dumb build testing).
>> 
>> But it would be nice to have it running as a 'cron' somewhere. It currently 
>> builds 419 ARM configurations! plus several dozen sim, AVR, and MIPS (PIC32 
>> configurations).  It would be nice if there were available online some so 
>> that if someone wants to make a change to many files like this in the 
>> future, we can at least be assured it won't break builds.
>> 
>> The build test is based primarily on nuttx/tools/testbuild.sh which will 
>> build a list of configurations.  The configuration lists are elsewhere at 
>> https://bitbucket.org/nuttx/tools/src/master/buildtest/  There are also some 
>> bonehead scripts at the location that only work on my machine.  These 
>> basically just setup paths, and manage running nuttx/tools/testbuild.sh.  
>> Those bonehead scripts are setup to work only in my environment and would 
>> not work anywhere else without modification.
>> 
>> But if we could make this runnable online (perhaps via Jenkins?), then we 
>> could avoid such extensive code breakage in the future. 
> 
> I should also mention how I use this.
> 
> * I keep the last "successful" build test output in, for example,
>   armtest.log.last
> * I run the test generating a new armtest.log
> * I then 'diff -u armtest.log.last armtest.log | vim -' and I can see
>   if any new warnings or errors occur.
> 
> There is another bonehead script, monitor.sh, that just shows me the running 
> status of the test.  I am sure that the people on this list with more devops 
> skills than I could make this all work smoother.
> 
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