[lldb-dev] Heads up - test runner fix

[Todd Fiala]

> This is the accumulation of all build breaks

test breaks, rather...

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Todd Fiala <todd.fiala at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I have good news and bad news.
>
> Good: our test runners now report failures correctly.
> Bad news: our test runners have not been reporting failures since Aug 8
> 2014.
>
> As of svn r219689, dotest.py will once again report errors/failures via
> non-zero return value, which will then propagate correctly through test run
> results as reported by 'make test', 'ninja check-lldb', etc.
>
> You will almost certainly see test failures show up after r219689 that you
> were not seeing before.  This is the accumulation of all build breaks we
> essentially made starting with r215256.  We will need to fix the errors,
> not revert r219689.  (That would be akin to shooting the messenger).
>
> The lesson here is make sure we don't break our test runner, and ensure
> return values from the test runner are preserved on exit.  That is a hugely
> critical facility.  I will look into adding a test runner test so we don't
> break that again.
> --
> -Todd
>



-- 
-Todd
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