[ace-users] Running the test suite in Windows

[Stew Paddaso]

Steve,

Thanks... ACE_ROOT was the problem. Windows likes to put quotes around
paths with spaces in them, and these quote where included in the
ACE_ROOT variable.

Doug,

For some reason I though the PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM was reserved for
bugs... my denseness at work again ;-)


On 6/20/07, Steve Huston <shuston at riverace.com> wrote:
> In addition to what Doug said, be sure you have the ACE_ROOT
> environment variable set - the Perl scripts use it to locate the stuff
> reported missing when you ran it.
>
> -Steve
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ace-users-bounces at cse.wustl.edu
> > [mailto:ace-users-bounces at cse.wustl.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas
> > C. Schmidt
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:34 PM
> > To: Stew Paddaso
> > Cc: ace-users at cse.wustl.edu
> > Subject: Re: [ace-users] Running the test suite in Windows
> >
> >
> >
> > hi Stew,
> >
> > > Pardon if I'm a little dense for not getting this...
> >
> > No problemo.  BTW, please make sure you fill out the
> > appropriate problem
> > report form (PRF), which is in
> >
> > $ACE_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
> > $TAO_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
> >
> > or in
> >
> > $ACE_ROOT/BUG-REPORT-FORM
> > $TAO_ROOT/BUG-REPORT-FORM
> >
> > in older versions of ACE+TAO.  Make sure to include this information
> > when asking any questions about ACE+TAO since otherwise we have to
> > "guess" what version/platform/compiler/options you've using, which
> is
> > very error-prone and slows down our responsiveness.  If you don't
> use
> > the PRF, therefore, it is less likely that someone from the core
> > ACE+TAO developer team will be able to answer your question.
> > Naturally, we encourage and appreciate other members of the ACE+TAO
> > user community who can respond to questions that they have the
> answers
> > to.
> >
> > > I want to run the test suite to test my Win32 build of ACE.
> > I compiled
> > > the ACE solution... no problems there. I then ran ACE_Test, but it
> > > generated no output... so I ran ACE_Init_Test, with the
> > same result. I
> > > looked at the source code for both... does ACE_Test do anything?
> >
> > Sure - please check out ACE_ROOT/tests/README, which says:
> >
> > "By default, all the output from the tests will be stored in
> separate
> > files in the ./log/ (or .\log\) directory.  However, you can
> override
> > this by setting the ACE_TEST_DIR environment variable to another
> > prefix."
> >
> > This file also explains how to run the tests:
> >
> > "The tests can be executed in a single pass via the perl script
> > run_test.pl."
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >         Doug
> >
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