[LTP] [Automated-testing] [RFC PATCH 1/3] runltp: Deprecate, add info about kirk

[Petr Vorel]

> On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 7:50 AM Richard Purdie via lists.yoctoproject.org
> <richard.purdie=linuxfoundation.org@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote:

> > On Fri, 2024-06-07 at 16:24 +0200, Petr Vorel via
> > lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> > > kirk is not perfect but already much better than old runltp script.
> > > Let's deprecate runltp and propagate kirk.

> > > Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> > > ---
> > >  runltp | 13 +++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

> > I'd note that Yocto Project's CI is still using runltp and we have no
> > recipe for kirk, or any experience of using it. This does therefore
> > worry me a little bit, there appears to be a lot of complexity in kirk
> > we don't need.


> I have begun a recipe for kirk. I know very little about the rest of how we
> (Yocto Project) run ltp or how kirk is meant to be used.

> https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-contrib/log/?h=timo/kirk

+1. Maybe Richard or other people who did LTP update in Yocto in the past?

BTW we've just released kirk 1.3 (1.2 + few, but quite important ssh related
functional fixes). Please ideally use 998df1a5aa5026c5c9b91b0caa3b1188146aa678
(hash for 1.3).

Kind regards,
Petr

> > Cheers,

> > Richard