> On Jun 19, 2020, at 4:35 PM, Bharath Vissapragada <bhara...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use yetus with a cmake project (v0.12.0). What's the right
> way to pass a variable like
> "cmake -Dfoo=bar" ? Briefly looked at the code and looks like it isn't
> possible. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Appreciate any pointers.
It's possible, but it's not particularly easy or well documented.
Probably something we should work, since this question comes up every-so-often.
This also reflects some of the earliest work on the engine and there are a lot
of things we probably should have done different. Hindsight 20/20! :)
Anyway, it basically requires setting up a personality file and
providing a custom personality_modules function in it. Off the top of my head,
I think a minimal version would be something like:
===snip===
function personality_modules
{
declare repostatus=$1
declare testtype=$2
declare module
yetus_debug "Using custom personality_modules"
yetus_debug "Personality: ${repostatus} ${testtype}"
clear_personality_queue
for module in "${CHANGED_MODULES[@]}"; do
personality_enqueue_module "${module}" [your extra params here]
done
}
===snip===
repostatus will generally be one of branch or patch.
testtype will generally be the plugin executing.
This setup allows one to customize what extra params are passed based upon the
state of the source tree. It's extremely powerful but very unfriendly to
people unfamiliar with the internals. :( This feature is used extensively by
some of the bigger projects that ship personalities with Apache Yetus itself.
BTW: I don't know how well tested this is with make and related build tools.
If you have any issues, definitely file JIRAs.
