From a1ea2acb376c8a74f41ce0e683680417207b365a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxim Cournoyer Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:03:07 -0500 Subject: build: test-driver.scm: Add test cases filtering options. * build-aux/test-driver.scm (show-help): Add help text for the new --select and --exclude options. (%options): Add the new select and exclude options. (test-runner-gnu): Pass them to the test runner. Update doc. (test-match-name*, test-match-name*/negated, %test-match-all): New variables. (main): Compute the test specifier based on the values of the new options and apply it to the current test runner when running the test file. * doc/guix.texi (Running the Test Suite): Document the new options. --- doc/guix.texi | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index aca4657d6a..b58fdad282 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -921,6 +921,18 @@ the @code{SCM_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS} makefile variable as in this example: make check TESTS="tests/base64.scm" SCM_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS="--brief=no" @end example +The underlying SRFI 64 custom Automake test driver used for the 'check' +test suite (located at @file{build-aux/test-driver.scm}) also allows +selecting which test cases to run at a finer level, via its +@option{--select} and @option{--exclude} options. Here's an example, to +run all the test cases from the @file{tests/packages.scm} test file +whose names start with ``transaction-upgrade-entry'': + +@example +export SCM_LOG_DRIVER_FLAGS="--select=^transaction-upgrade-entry" +make check TESTS="tests/packages.scm" +@end example + Upon failure, please email @email{bug-guix@@gnu.org} and attach the @file{test-suite.log} file. Please specify the Guix version being used as well as version numbers of the dependencies (@pxref{Requirements}) in -- cgit 1.4.1