Author :
Stefano Lattarini
Date :
2011-07-26 14:51:20
Hash :4014b502 Message :test harness: allow more metadata in log files
This change reworks and improves the parallel test harness to use
more specialized reStructuredText fields in the log files (instead
of relying on specially-placed of "magic lines" and more indirect
semantical formatting); the new fields are the following:
- ":recheck:": tell whether the associated test will have to be
re-run by "make recheck";
- ":copy-in-global-log:": tell whether the content of the log
file should be copied in the "global log" `test-suite.log';
- ":end-metadata:", which inhibits the scanning of the rest of
the log file (for what concerns test metadata).
Also, the special `:test-result:' value "END" has been removed,
superseded by the new `:end-metadata:' field.
* doc/automake.texi (Log files generation and test results
recording): Document the new API and semantics. Remove or fix
some obsolete comments.
* lib/am/check.am ($(TEST_SUITE_LOG), recheck, recheck-html):
Adjust comments and code.
* lib/tap-driver (finish): Adjust, with the help of ...
(must_recheck, copy_in_global_log): ... these new functions.
* lib/test-driver (Main code): Adjust, with the help of ...
($recheck, $gcopy): ... these new variables.
* tests/trivial-test-driver: Update to obey the new APIs.
* tests/test-driver-recheck.test: Likewise.
* tests/test-driver-global-log.test: Likewise.
* tests/tap-passthrough.test: Relax the test, avoiding to check
what is written in `test-suite.log'; such check has been moved ...
* tests/tap-global-log.test: ... in this new test, and extended.
* tests/test-driver-metadata-no-leading-space.test: New test.
* tests/test-driver-end-test-results.test: Removed, it checked
the old APIs; superseded by ...
* tests/test-driver-end-metadata.test: ... this new test.
* tests/tap-log.test: Improve syncing with ...
* tests/test-log.test: ... this new test.
* tests/parallel-tests.test: Remove some duplication w.r.t. this
last new test. Updated heading comments.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Update.
Stefano Lattarini