Re: [PATCH 1/1] perl-tests: convert to ptest

[Jesse Zhang <sen.zhang@windriver.com>]

On 05/14/2013 08:58 PM, Björn Stenberg wrote:
> Jesse Zhang wrote:
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl-5.14.3/run-ptest
>> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
>> +#!/bin/sh
>> +cd t && ./TEST
> 
> run-ptest also needs to parse the output and reformat results into the standard ptest/automake format, such as "PASS: foo", "FAIL: foo" and "SKIP: foo".

How verbose should the output be? The TEST script actually does its own
analyzing and summarizing of the test results. Do we want the summary
only or all the details? Do you want the detailed output converted to
ptest format too?

For example,

    # ./TEST 
    t/base/cond....................................................ok
    t/base/if......................................................ok
    t/base/lex.....................................................ok
    t/base/num.....................................................ok

    # ./TEST -v
    t/base/cond....................................................1..4
    ok 1
    ok 2
    ok 3
    ok 4
    ok
    t/base/if......................................................1..2
    ok 1
    ok 2
    ok
    t/base/lex.....................................................1..57
    #1	:x: eq :x:
    ok 1

The output from the actual test case conforms to the TAP format (not
sure about the top-level TEST). If you have an analysis tool, why not
support one more widely used format? I can't see much value in forcing
one format everywhere.

jesse