From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Petr Vorel Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 21:13:14 +0200 Subject: [LTP] [Automated-testing] [PATCH v2 1/1] doc: Add supported distros (kernel, libc, toolchain) In-Reply-To: References: <20210518173039.4657-1-pvorel@suse.cz> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ltp@lists.linux.it Hi Cyril, > > +1. Build testing with Travis CI > > +------------------------------- > > + > > +We test master branch in https://travis-ci.org/github/linux-test-project/ltp/builds[travis CI] > > +to ensure LTP builds on various distributions including old, current and bleeding edge. > > +We test both gcc and clang toolchains, various arch with cross-compilation. > ^ > This should be plural > so 'archs' I guess +1 > > +For list of tested distros see > > +https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/.travis.yml[.travis.yml]. > > + > > + > > +NOTE: Travis does only build testing, passing the CI means only that the > > + test compiles fine on variety of different distributions and releases. > > + Also it uses the latest distribution image of a particular release. > ^ > Travis also uses... +1 > > +1.1 Oldest tested distributions > > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > + > > +[align="center",options="header"] > > +|============================================================== > > +| Distro | kernel | glibc | gcc | clang > > +| CentOS 7 | 3.10 | 2.17 | 4.8.5 | - > > +| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial | 4.4 | 2.23 | 5.3.1 | - > > +| Debian 9 stretch (oldstable) | 4.9.30 | 2.24 | 6.3.0 | 3.8 > > +|============================================================== > > + > > +Older distributions are not officially supported, which means that it > > +may or may not work. It all depends on your luck. It should be possible > > +to compile latest LTP even on slightly older distributions than we > > +support with a few manual tweaks, e.g. disabling manually tests for > > +newly added syscalls manually, etc. Trivial fixes/workarounds may be accepted, > ^ > This 'manually' is redundant and should be removed. +1 > > +but users are encouraged to move to a newer distro. > > + > > +If latest LTP cannot be compiled even with some amount of workarounds, > > +you may result to older LTP releases, however these are _not_ supported > > +in any way. Also if you are trying to run LTP on more than 10 years old > > +distribution you may as well reconsider you life choices. > So in the end you haven't changed this for the nicer version I've > proposed? I decided to keep it. We're saying similar thing in previous paragraph ("but users are encouraged to move to a newer distro") and it's actually the truth (life choice to maintain ancient version). But feel free to suggest further improvements over these 2 paragraphs. Kind regards, Petr