Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Jean-François Mertens
On 28 Aug 2006, at 23:50, Daniel Macks wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 05:42:08PM -0400, Chris Zubrzycki wrote: >> On Aug 28, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Neil Tiffin wrote: >> >>> As a package maintainer I would like to see it invoked with >>> option "- >>> T" like "fink -KkT rebuild ." Once I figure ou

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread David Fang
> David Fang wrote: > > > Don't forget the fact that test-suites can add more dependencies, e.g. > > gcc requiring dejagnu and expect. A TestDepends/MaintainerDepends field > > might be useful. > > Ooh, that's a good point. This is starting to turn into a full-blown > Feature. :) TestConflicts,

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Daniel E. Macks
Daniel Macks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 05:56:52PM -0400, David Fang wrote: >> > There are also several different standards for even what command runs >> > the tests. I guess 'make check' is the autotools standard, but lots of >> > auto*-using packagers don't know that and

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Daniel Macks
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 05:56:52PM -0400, David Fang wrote: > > There are also several different standards for even what command runs > > the tests. I guess 'make check' is the autotools standard, but lots of > > auto*-using packagers don't know that and have custom-written 'make > > test'. And the

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Benjamin Reed
David Fang wrote: > Don't forget the fact that test-suites can add more dependencies, e.g. > gcc requiring dejagnu and expect. A TestDepends/MaintainerDepends field > might be useful. Ooh, that's a good point. This is starting to turn into a full-blown Feature. :) -- Benjamin Reed a.k.a. R

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread David Fang
> There are also several different standards for even what command runs > the tests. I guess 'make check' is the autotools standard, but lots of > auto*-using packagers don't know that and have custom-written 'make > test'. And the perl world long ago standardized on 'make test' (and we > have a sp

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Daniel Macks
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 05:42:08PM -0400, Chris Zubrzycki wrote: > On Aug 28, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Neil Tiffin wrote: > > > As a package maintainer I would like to see it invoked with option "- > > T" like "fink -KkT rebuild ." Once I figure out how to > > run the tests and put the instructions in th

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Chris Zubrzycki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Aug 28, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Neil Tiffin wrote: > As a package maintainer I would like to see it invoked with option "- > T" like "fink -KkT rebuild ." Once I figure out how to > run the tests and put the instructions in the .info file, I can then >

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Neil Tiffin
As a package maintainer I would like to see it invoked with option "- T" like "fink -KkT rebuild ." Once I figure out how to run the tests and put the instructions in the .info file, I can then easily run them every time the package is upgraded. This would be a lot simpler than having to go

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Matthew Sachs
On Aug 28, 2006, at 11:08, Sebastien Maret wrote: > Matthew Sachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> If a significant number of packages have [test suites], perhaps >> it's worth >> adding a way to specify it in the .info file (CheckScript?) . I >> could implement that feature and hook into it in

[Fink-devel] mldonkey port to Fink

2006-08-28 Thread Fernando Lopez
Hello, I found that Mac OS X Fink port os mldonkey is not up to date. Can any of your performs this update. http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/mldonkey Greetings. __ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y

Re: [Fink-devel] Package test suites

2006-08-28 Thread Sebastien Maret
Matthew Sachs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How many of you have packages which have test suites ("make check", > for instance) which it would be useful to run as part of the > buildfink build? > > I know gmp has one which I'm often asked to run. > > If a significant number of packages have th