Re: [PATCH] docs/devel/testing: iotests check script should be run via 'run'

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 12:16:14AM -0800, Pierrick Bouvier wrote:
> On 11/3/2026 3:08 AM, Peter Maydell wrote:
> > The iotests section of the testing documentation suggests directly
> > running the "./check" script.  However if you do this then the
> > script complains:
> > 
> > WARNING: iotests is being run from outside of the configure-time python virtual environment
> > [...]
> > Please use the meson run script:
> >         /home/pm215/qemu/build/x86-tgt-san-dbg/run ./check
> >
> 
> A bit a side question,
> 
> Does it bring anything useful compared to:
> ./build/run meson test <this_test or suite>?
> If not, maybe we can remove all this, including the extra doc.

Being able to run without meson in the middle makes debugging
problematic tests simpler IME.

We have direct execution capabilities for all our tests sets
(unit, qtest, functional, block) that devs can use when debugging
an individual failing test, so retaining docs for this is worthwhile.

With regards,
Daniel
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