Re: [OE-core][PATCH] selftest: allow '-R' and '-r' be used together

[Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>]

On 25/12/2022 19:13:43-0500, Randy MacLeod wrote:
> On 2022-11-25 08:00, Richard Purdie via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> > Hi Qi,
> > 
> > On Fri, 2022-11-25 at 05:56 +0000, Chen Qi wrote:
> > > The AB is actually running 'all' tests.
> > > 
> > > The '--skip-tests (-R)' option means 'Run all (unhidden) tests except
> > > the ones specified.', according to its help message. This is also its
> > > actual effect for now. You can see there's an implicit 'run all
> > > tests' meaning in this option.
> > > The '-T (--exclude-tag)' options means 'Exclude all (unhidden) tests
> > > that match any of the specified tag(s)', according to its help
> > > message.
> > > 
> > > So the AB's oe-selftest command means: execute all tests except the
> > > ones tagged with 'machine' and 'toolchain-user', and also skip
> > > 'distrodata.Distrodata.test_checkpkg
> > > buildoptions.SourceMirroring.test_yocto_source_mirror reproducible'.
> > 
> > You're right, a different build has -t machine and I'm confusing the
> > two, sorry.
> > 
> > I don't really like making changes which require lockstep changes to
> > the autobuilder configuration but I can see why we could do with doing
> > so here.
> > 
> > I was thinking there should be symettry between -r and -R like there is
> > with -T and -t but that also probably doesn't make sense when you think
> > about it more.
> > 
> > Alex: We'll probably have to work out how to make this change...
> 
> Nudge and Happy Holidays.

Yes, this is still on my radar.


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