[LTP] [PATCH v2 3/3] configure: Integrate open posix testsuite configure

[Richard Palethorpe]

Hello,

Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> writes:

> Hi Joerg,
>
> [ Cc automated-testing@lists.yoctoproject.org ]
>
>> From: Joerg Vehlow <joerg.vehlow@aox.de>
>
>> This changes the default installation location
>> of the open posix testsuite from
>> $prefix
>> to
>> $prefix/testcases/open_posix_testsuite
> I need to have a deeper look on this patchset next week.
> But it looks to me strange, that running LTP top level configure causes
> installation into /opt/ltp/testcases/open_posix_testsuite/, but after running
> ./configure in testcases/open_posix_testsuite make install goes by default to
> /opt/openposix_testsuite.
>
> Also openposix does not use LTP API, when we're touching it, wouldn't it make
> more sense to put it into separate git repository? IMHO that would cause work
> for other people (clone separate git, need to fix CI and tools which are using
> it), but openposix embedded in LTP always looked strange to me.

I wouldn't be against this based on my anecdotal experience.

I don't recall a specific time these tests found a kernel bug. They
sometimes find issues with glibc, but there is usually a debate as to
how to interpret the spec instead of a clear error on glibc's part. Most
often the test is broken.

So I'd say these tests are almost useless for kernel testing. I also
think they often misinterpret the POSIX spec or have some basic logic
error.


-- 
Thank you,
Richard.