Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 0/6] iotests: Allow out-of-tree run

[Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>]

On 24.05.2014 23:24, Max Reitz wrote:
> This series enables qemu-iotests to be run in a build tree outside of
> the source tree. It also makes the tests use the command for invoking
> the Python interpreter specified through configure instead of always
> using "/usr/bin/env python".
>
>
> v4:
>   - Patch 1:
>     - fixed a comment ("assume that it truly as and always have to test"
>       -> "assume that it truly is and have to test", regarding calls from
>       the source tree signifying in-build trees)
>     - {pushd,popd} -q do not what I though they do; replaced it by a
>       redirection of their output to /dev/null
>     - purge $here from tests/qemu-iotests/common [Fam]
>   - Patch 2:
>     - use symlink() instead of ln -s in configure [Fam]
>   - Patch 3:
>     - dropped [Fam, Eric, Markus]
>   - Patch 4:

Of course here I meant the former patch 4, which is patch 3 in this 
series due to the former patch 3 having been dropped.

Max

>     - $build_iotests is always set as of v3, therefore it may be always
>       used for sourcing common.env [Fam]
>     - With patch 3 dropped, there is no need to try to source
>       common.env.default anymore; instead, make the error message when
>       sourcing common.env failed clearer
>
>
> v3:
>   - Patch 1:
>     - assume in-tree build when run from the source tree [Fam]
>     - if "./qemu", "./qemu-io" etc. exist, prefer them over automatic
>       detection
>     - 'for binary in "*-softmmu/qemu-system-*"' is not what we want, but
>       rather 'for binary in *-softmmu/qemu-system-*'
>
> v2:
>   - Patch 1:
>     - added error handling for obtaining the original source tree path
>       name [Eric]
>     - for this, added a new function _init_error for emitting critical
>       errors during initialization of "check" (and employed it where
>       applicable)
>     - dropped superfluous doubles quotes in assignments (e.g.
>       OUTPUT_DIR="$PWD" -> OUTPUT_DIR=$PWD) [Eric]
>     - use [[ && ]] instead of [ -a ] [Eric]
>   - Patch 4:
>     - used _init_error
>   - Patch 5:
>     - dropped chmod +x for tests without +x [Fam]
>
>
> git-backport-diff against v3:
>
> Key:
> [----] : patches are identical
> [####] : number of functional differences between upstream/downstream patch
> [down] : patch is downstream-only
> The flags [FC] indicate (F)unctional and (C)ontextual differences, respectively
>
> 001/6:[0009] [FC] 'iotests: Allow out-of-tree run'
> 002/6:[0002] [FC] 'configure: Enable out-of-tree iotests'
> 003/6:[0014] [FC] 'iotests: Source common.env'
> 004/6:[----] [--] 'iotests: Use $PYTHON for Python scripts'
> 005/6:[----] [--] 'iotests: Drop Python version from 065's Shebang'
> 006/6:[----] [--] 'iotests: Fix 083 for out-of-tree builds'
>
>
> Max Reitz (6):
>    iotests: Allow out-of-tree run
>    configure: Enable out-of-tree iotests
>    iotests: Source common.env
>    iotests: Use $PYTHON for Python scripts
>    iotests: Drop Python version from 065's Shebang
>    iotests: Fix 083 for out-of-tree builds
>
>   configure                        |  12 +++++
>   tests/qemu-iotests/031           |   8 +--
>   tests/qemu-iotests/036           |   6 +--
>   tests/qemu-iotests/039           |  18 +++----
>   tests/qemu-iotests/054           |   2 +-
>   tests/qemu-iotests/060           |  20 +++----
>   tests/qemu-iotests/061           |  24 ++++-----
>   tests/qemu-iotests/065           |   2 +-
>   tests/qemu-iotests/083           |  10 ++--
>   tests/qemu-iotests/check         | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>   tests/qemu-iotests/common        |  11 ++--
>   tests/qemu-iotests/common.config |   2 +-
>   tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc     |   8 +--
>   tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py    |   3 +-
>   14 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
>