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Update description of "make test" to new test harness. 

Change DEC OSF/1 to DEC Unix.
Add note about AIX bug in 4.2.1.
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Guido van Rossum 1997-05-14 21:39:05 +00:00
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@ -163,17 +163,18 @@ Linux: On Linux version 1.x, once you've built Python, use it to run
status of a module from static to shared, you must remove its
.o file or do a "make clean".)
DEC Alpha OFS/1: When enabling threads, use --with-dec-threads, not
DEC Unix: When enabling threads, use --with-dec-threads, not
--with-thread.
AIX: A complete overhaul of the shared library support is now in
place. To enable it, uncomment the LINKCC line in the Setup
file. See Misc/AIX-NOTES for some notes on how it's done.
WARNING! In some versions of AIX 3.x, you get errors about
WARNING! In some versions of AIX, you get errors about
Invalid Indent when running the Python test set. This appears
to be a bug in the AIX compiler. Rebuild Parser/tokenizer.c
using OPT="" or OPT=-g, or use gcc.
using OPT="" or OPT=-g, or use gcc. According to the latest
reports, it seems this compiler bug is still present in 4.2.1.
HP-UX: Shared library support now works by default (at least on HP-UX
9.x). One other problem remains: the HP ANSI C compiler (cc
@ -258,21 +259,24 @@ Testing
-------
To test the interpreter that you have just built, type "make test".
This runs the test set silently, twice (once with no compiled files,
once with the compiled files left by the previous test run). Each
test run should print "All tests OK." and nothing more. (The test set
does not test the built-in modules, but will find most other problems
with the interpreter.)
This runs the test set twice (once with no compiled files, once with
the compiled files left by the previous test run). The test set
produces some output. You can generally ignore the messages about
skipped tests due to an optional feature that can't be imported (if
you want to test those modules, edit Modules/Setup to configure them).
If a messages is printed about a failed test or a traceback or core
dump is produced, something's wrong. On some systems, test_strftime
fails due to a non-standard implementation of strftime() in the C
library. This can be ignored (or you can complain to your vendor).
IMPORTANT: If the tests fail and you decide to mail a bug report,
*don't* include the output of "make test". It is useless. Run the
following command instead:
test that fails manually, as follows:
PYTHONPATH=../Lib:../Lib/test:./Modules ./python -c 'import testall'
python ../Lib/test/test_whatever.py
(substituting the top of the source tree for .. if you built in a
different directory). This gives the output of the tests and shows
which test failed.
different directory). This runs the test in verbose mode.
Installing
@ -376,7 +380,7 @@ clean" before giving up or complaining!).
enabled automatically because there are run-time penalties
when support for them is compiled in even if you don't use
them.) IMPORTANT: run "make clean" after changing (either
enabling or disabling) this option! Note: for DEC Alpha OSF/1,
enabling or disabling) this option! Note: for DEC Unix
use --with-dec-threads instead.
--with-sgi-dl: On SGI IRIX 4, dynamic loading of extension modules is