"make check" should not mostly fail in cross-compilation environments if a way to run the cross-compiled binaries is available. For Windows, it should be possible to run the binaries with "wine", by setting RUNNER=wine in the invocation of the tests.
I'm currently playing with the Dockerfile supplied by Michel (thank you!). It shows more test failures than I expected from "make check". I am investigating. On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 1:19 PM Harry Thijssen <pspp4wind...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > My MSWIndows build runs on a dedicated virtual (Virtualbox) openSUSE machine. > I start the build process with just one call, The host is currently a Mint > environment. So it is possible to automatically generate new versions. > However "make check" makes no sense. when cross compiling. It takes a long > time and only a small part of the checks are Ok. > > Maybe it is possible to change "make check" so it only includes the checks > which work on the platform it uses or with a parameter to get the same > effect. This way for MacOS a few checks are skipped and for MSWindows builds > in cross compiling only a few checks are triggered. At least after that it is > known which checks can be executed and the issues with the checks for cross > compiling can be solved if there is time. > > Stay save > >> >> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 08:53:29 +0200 >> From: Friedrich Beckmann <friedrich.beckm...@gmx.de> >> To: Ben Pfaff <b...@cs.stanford.edu> >> Cc: pspp-dev <pspp-dev@gnu.org> >> Subject: Continuous integration tests also for MacOS and Windows >> Message-ID: <5abf5bd6-538f-4138-9e51-27171cefb...@gmx.de> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Hi Ben, >> >> sure - it would be nice to have CI for MacOS and Windows too. I do my pspp >> development on my Macbook laptop and I do not have a „networked“ Mac >> somewhere. As Jeremy mentioned macports uses travis-ci - I am not sure if >> they run „make check“ during the test build. For MacOS there are two ways to >> install pspp >> >> a) via macports >> b) via install bundle >> >> It tried to describe the differences here: >> https://www.hs-augsburg.de/homes/beckmanf/pspp/ „Technology and Build >> process“ >> The main obstacle for macports is that you need to install an Apple XCode >> Compiler and the macports environment before you can install pspp. >> >> If I remember correctly Harry builds the windows version as a cross compile >> from linux and the test suite does not run on Windows. >> >> Fritz >>
