[Zope-Coders] Linux Test for Zope HEAD, how to build?

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Sat, 03 May 2003 21:27:19 +0100


Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
>  > > ./configure --with-python=...
>  > > make inplace
>  > > 
>  > > The test should be run using:
>  > > 
>  > > make test
>  > 
>  > What? All three of these?
> 
> Yes.  The first two handle configuration and build, and the third runs
> the unit tests.  The two make commands could be collapsed; "make test"
> is smart enough to "make inplace", but then you haven't separated the
> build process from running the tests.  (Whether you care about that is
> up to you.)

Hmmm... I'm currently using:
./configure
make testinst

...which seems to be doing the job. Is there anything I should know about that?

>  > Any way I can get around having to do that?
> 
> Yes:  Accept the Python ./configure comes up with.

That's what I'm doing. Seems to be doing okay so far...

cheers,

Chris