From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15991: 24.3.50; Wishlist: Make test suite user-friendlier Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:05:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83pppk8f91.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1403762781 18424 80.91.229.3 (26 Jun 2014 06:06:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:06:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15991@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 26 08:06:13 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X02p1-0007Ze-Q8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:06:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42481 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X02p0-0007NU-Iv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:06:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59681) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X02ot-0007NH-O7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:06:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X02os-0003og-Vh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41719) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X02os-0003oc-TR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X02os-0002Wd-JR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:06:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:06:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15991 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15991-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15991.14037627589694 (code B ref 15991); Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:06:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15991) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jun 2014 06:05:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32869 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X02on-0002WD-4g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:05:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:43795 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X02ok-0002W1-TM for 15991@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:05:55 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X02ok-0003pr-1y; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:05:54 -0400 X-Spook: asset PET ASDIC munitions SSL Mafia mania FSF X-Ran: U2tC>NVd$TOIm4k*Od+_v9d7$[CN1nd>4Y,gHP~tSWV*hcqa%ET3/+L3Qvopy(Vr&kEWbb X-Hue: cyan X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <83pppk8f91.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:04:26 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:90832 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: > When you see any failures, the first thing you want to do is run only > one test that failed at a time. [...] > Another possible improvement would be for each test to automatically > save the log of its run, including any error messages, to a file. Now you can run `make foo.log' to run the foo.el tests. > Also, suppose one needs to run Emacs under a debugger for running a > test -- there doesn't seem to be a convenient way of doing that, > either. Once again, start Emacs manually in GDB, then copy/paste the > command line there, and be sure to set the environment variables, like > EMACS_TEST_DIRECTORY before starting GDB. Wait, and what if the test > forks, and you need to attach GDB to the correct Emacs process? Haven't done anything about this.