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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-iotests: Make debugging python tests
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To: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
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On 05/15/2015 01:26 AM, Fam Zheng wrote:
> Adding "-d" option. The output goes to "tee" so it appears in your
> console. Also, raise the verbosity of unnitest runner.
> 
> When testing a topic branch, it's possible that a bug introduced by a
> code change makes the python test case hang, with debug output, it is
> much easier to locate the problem.
> 
> This can also be helpful if you want to watch the progress of a python
> test, it offers you a way to sense the speed of each test case method
> you're writing.
> 

Awesome idea!

Unfortunately, it explodes when I run ./check -v -d -qcow2 124:

+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "124", line 363, in <module>
+    iotests.main(supported_fmts=['qcow2'])
+  File "/home/bos/jhuston/src/qemu/tests/qemu-iotests/iotests.py", line
367, in main
+    sys.stderr.write(re.sub(r'Ran (\d+) tests? in [\d.]+s', r'Ran \1
tests', output.getvalue()))
+AttributeError: 'file' object has no attribute 'getvalue'
Failures: 124
Failed 1 of 1 tests

--js