On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org> wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 24. Januar 2013 um 21:02:52, schrieb Scott Kostyshak > <skost...@lyx.org> > >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Tommaso Cucinotta <tomm...@lyx.org> >> wrote: > >> > On 24/01/13 04:42, Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >> >> I am trying to add an autotest for #8523, but how can I open a .lyx > >> >> file that I need to reproduce the crash? > >> >> > >> >> Two solutions come to mind: > >> >> > >> >> 1. Allow for a macro [autotest-dir] that key-test.py will replace with > >> >> the autotest directory. > >> > > >> > As of now, when launched through run-tests.sh, the tests execute in a >> > child > >> > directory of the autotests/ folder, named after out-<name-of-test>/. > >> > > >> > Therefore, this works: > >> > > >> > TestBegin ../bug-8523.lyx > lyx-log.txt 2>&1 > >> > > >> > Though, the test should not try to modify the file (e.g., forcing Ctrl-S >> > or similar). > >> > > >> > Also, don't know whether it works when launched through the cmake >> > infrastructure. > >> > > >> > Would that suffice/work with cmake? > >> > >> Not currently. The tests are run in the CMake user build directory, > >> which can be anywhere and is specified by the user. CMake must know > >> where the source path is though because it knows this information when > >> building so hopefully Kornel will have an idea. > > > > "test.lyx" already is in the build directory (autotests/out-home/), so > ../bug-8523.lyx > > would be in build directory "autotests". What is the problem? Copy an > existing .lyx-files to build-dir? > > Should be easy.
Ah yes you're right. You are convincing me more and more that out-of-source builds have many advantages and no disadvantages. So all is needed is just to copy the .lyx file there. Scott
