building but skipping tests?

building but skipping tests?

[Andy Tai]

Hi, if I try to install a package and that may trigger building a
number of dependencies (when no substitutes for some reason but that
is outside the concern of this question), I notice that since the
build processes would run the tests by default, that takes a lot of
time.   I wonder if it is possible to skip tests when building
locally?   Of course running tests are good but if I am not a
developer of the packages being built running the tests may not be of
much utility to me.

Thanks for the info on this.

Re: building but skipping tests?

[Guillaume Le Vaillant]

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Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> skribis:

> Hi, if I try to install a package and that may trigger building a
> number of dependencies (when no substitutes for some reason but that
> is outside the concern of this question), I notice that since the
> build processes would run the tests by default, that takes a lot of
> time.   I wonder if it is possible to skip tests when building
> locally?   Of course running tests are good but if I am not a
> developer of the packages being built running the tests may not be of
> much utility to me.
>
> Thanks for the info on this.

Hi,

The '--without-tests=pkg' option disables running tests for 'pkg' when
using 'guix build' or 'guix install'.
It is described at the end of [1].

[1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Package-Transformation-Options.html

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Re: building but skipping tests?

[Joshua Branson]

Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> writes:

> Hi, if I try to install a package and that may trigger building a
> number of dependencies (when no substitutes for some reason but that
> is outside the concern of this question), I notice that since the
> build processes would run the tests by default, that takes a lot of
> time.   I wonder if it is possible to skip tests when building
> locally?   Of course running tests are good but if I am not a
> developer of the packages being built running the tests may not be of
> much utility to me.

Note that you can disable the tests.  BUT enabling said tests, lets you
find errors, which you can report, which is really valuable to guix
developers.  :)

>
> Thanks for the info on this.
>

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Re: building but skipping tests?

[Jonathan McHugh]

Hi Joshua,

Is there any published guidance covering what test responses are considered as flagging up? 

For instance, would problems be sent to bug-guix@gnu.org as a matter of principle? And what should and should not be included?

Kind regards,


====================
Jonathan McHugh
indieterminacy@libre.brussels

September 21, 2021 8:46 AM, "Joshua Branson" <jbranso@dismail.de> wrote:

> Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> writes:
> 
>> Hi, if I try to install a package and that may trigger building a
>> number of dependencies (when no substitutes for some reason but that
>> is outside the concern of this question), I notice that since the
>> build processes would run the tests by default, that takes a lot of
>> time. I wonder if it is possible to skip tests when building
>> locally? Of course running tests are good but if I am not a
>> developer of the packages being built running the tests may not be of
>> much utility to me.
> 
> Note that you can disable the tests. BUT enabling said tests, lets you
> find errors, which you can report, which is really valuable to guix
> developers. :)
> 
>> Thanks for the info on this.
> 
> --
> Joshua Branson (jab in #guix)
> Sent from Emacs and Gnus
> https://gnucode.me
> https://video.hardlimit.com/accounts/joshua_branson/video-channels
> https://propernaming.org
> "You can have whatever you want, as long as you help
> enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar

Re: building but skipping tests?

[Joshua Branson]

"Jonathan McHugh" <indieterminacy@libre.brussels> writes:

> Hi Joshua,
>
> Is there any published guidance covering what test responses are considered as flagging up? 
>
> For instance, would problems be sent to bug-guix@gnu.org as a matter of principle? And what should and should not be included?

https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Tracking-Bugs-and-Patches.html

There's no hard fast rule about what should or should not be sent.  If
it feels like a bug, go ahead and submit it.

It's typically good to put the output of "guix describe" and "guix
system describe" and what hardware you are using when describing a bug.

:)

>
> Kind regards,
>
> ====================
> Jonathan McHugh
> indieterminacy@libre.brussels
>
> September 21, 2021 8:46 AM, "Joshua Branson" <jbranso@dismail.de> wrote:
>
>> Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> writes:
>> 
>>> Hi, if I try to install a package and that may trigger building a
>>> number of dependencies (when no substitutes for some reason but that
>>> is outside the concern of this question), I notice that since the
>>> build processes would run the tests by default, that takes a lot of
>>> time. I wonder if it is possible to skip tests when building
>>> locally? Of course running tests are good but if I am not a
>>> developer of the packages being built running the tests may not be of
>>> much utility to me.
>> 
>> Note that you can disable the tests. BUT enabling said tests, lets you
>> find errors, which you can report, which is really valuable to guix
>> developers. :)
>> 
>>> Thanks for the info on this.
>> 
>> --
>> Joshua Branson (jab in #guix)
>> Sent from Emacs and Gnus
>> https://gnucode.me
>> https://video.hardlimit.com/accounts/joshua_branson/video-channels
>> https://propernaming.org
>> "You can have whatever you want, as long as you help
>> enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar
>

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