Hi Pratik,

On 2026-01-28 9:06 a.m., Pratik Farkase via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Add ptest support to enable automated testing of libconfig
> using ptest-runner.
Nice, thanks.
>
> The implementation uses libtool --mode=install to properly
> install test binaries, avoiding issues with libtool wrapper
> scripts. Tests are built via 'make check TESTS=' to compile
> without running during the build phase.
>
> The test suite includes 16 tests covering parsing, formatting,
> binary/hex values, escaped strings, and various edge cases.
> All tests pass successfully on qemux86-64 :
> START: ptest-runner
> BEGIN: /usr/lib/libconfig/ptest
> [TEST] ParsingAndFormatting
> parsing testdata/input_0.cfg
> parsing testdata/input_1.cfg
> parsing testdata/input_2.cfg
> parsing testdata/input_3.cfg
> parsing testdata/input_4.cfg
> parsing testdata/input_5.cfg
> parsing testdata/input_6.cfg
> parsing testdata/input_7.cfg
> [ OK ] ParsingAndFormatting
>
> [TEST] ParseInvalidFiles
> [ OK ] ParseInvalidFiles
>
> [TEST] ParseInvalidStrings
> [ OK ] ParseInvalidStrings
>
> [TEST] BigInt1
> [ OK ] BigInt1
>
> [TEST] BigInt2
> [ OK ] BigInt2
>
> [TEST] BigInt3
> [ OK ] BigInt3
>
> [TEST] BigInt4
> [ OK ] BigInt4
>
> [TEST] BigInt5
> [ OK ] BigInt5
>
> [TEST] BigInt6
> [ OK ] BigInt6
>
> [TEST] BigInt7
> [ OK ] BigInt7
>
> [TEST] RemoveSetting
> [ OK ] RemoveSetting
>
> [TEST] EscapedStrings
> [ OK ] EscapedStrings
>
> [TEST] OverrideSetting
> [ OK ] OverrideSetting
>
> [TEST] SettingLookups
> [ OK ] SettingLookups
>
> [TEST] ReadStream
> [ OK ] ReadStream
>
> [TEST] BinaryAndHex
> some auto big hex: 4294967296
> some auto big bin: 8589934591
> negativehex: -1430532899
> [ OK ] BinaryAndHex
>
> 16 tests; 16 passed, 0 failed
> PASS: libconfig_tests
> DURATION: 0
> END: /usr/lib/libconfig/ptest
> STOP: ptest-runner
> TOTAL: 1 FAIL: 0
>
> Change-Id: Ibd69ccd63ce0168571d46a199c08be59ea748d69
> Signed-off-by: Pratik Farkase<pratik.farkase@est.tech>
> ---
>   .../distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc     |  1 +
>   .../libconfig/libconfig/run-ptest             | 16 ++++++++++++++
>   .../libconfig/libconfig_1.8.2.bb              | 21 ++++++++++++++++++-
>   3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>   create mode 100755 meta/recipes-extended/libconfig/libconfig/run-ptest
>
> diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
> index 739995bcfe..7c5810f252 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
> +++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/ptest-packagelists.inc
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ PTESTS_FAST = "\
>       json-c \
>       json-glib \
>       libcheck \
> +    libconfig \
>       libconvert-asn1-perl \
>       libexif \
>       libgpg-error\
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libconfig/libconfig/run-ptest b/meta/recipes-extended/libconfig/libconfig/run-ptest
> new file mode 100755
> index 0000000000..d81fcf4def
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libconfig/libconfig/run-ptest
> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> +#!/bin/sh
> +
> +cd tests
> +
> +for t in libconfig_tests; do
> +    if [ -x ./$t ]; then
> +        ./$t
> +        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
> +            echo "PASS: $t"
> +        else
> +            echo "FAIL: $t"
> +        fi
> +    else
> +        echo "SKIP: $t"
> +    fi
> +done
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libconfig/libconfig_1.8.2.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/libconfig/libconfig_1.8.2.bb
> index 6e08a7b04b..9ae0ce2e6e 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/libconfig/libconfig_1.8.2.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libconfig/libconfig_1.8.2.bb
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ="file://COPYING.LIB;md5=17c8e32f0f72580cc2906b409d46b5ac"
>   
>   SRC_URI = " \
>       git://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig.git;protocol=https;branch=master;tag=v${PV} \
> +file://run-ptest \
>   "
>   SRCREV = "a42cb47c1526a4f2ed025fcbb2289863375bc898"
>   
> @@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ DEPENDS += "bison-native flex-native"
>   
>   UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "^v(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)$"
>   
> -inherit autotools pkgconfig
> +inherit autotools pkgconfig ptest
>   
>   PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN = "${PN}++"
>   FILES:${PN}++ = "${libdir}/${BPN}++*${SOLIBS}" @@ -27,3 +28,21 @@ do_compile:prepend() { rm -f 
> ${S}/lib/grammar.[ch] rm -f ${S}/lib/scanner.[ch] } + 
> +do_compile_ptest() { + oe_runmake -C tests check TESTS= +} + 
> +do_install_ptest() { + install -d ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests + + if [ -f 
> ${B}/tests/libconfig_tests ]; then + libtool --mode=install install -m 
> 0755 ${B}/tests/libconfig_tests 
> ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/libconfig_tests + fi + + if [ -d 
> ${S}/tests/testdata ]; then + cp -r ${S}/tests/testdata 
> ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/tests/ + fi +} + +RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash"
Why do you need bash rather than any posix shell?
We run the ptests in a minimal environment so if busybox shell works, 
please drop this.

If not, please either remove the bash dependency or explain it in the 
commit log.

Thanks,

../Randy


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