thx On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Rainer Jung <rainer.j...@kippdata.de> wrote:
> On 02.03.2012 11:44, Michael Felt wrote: > >> Well, as long as I dont need a compiler (as I dont have one installed >> here, dont want test to be dependent on compiler, or dev related files >> not normally found on production system) this wont be a problem - I will >> just install the packages and then execute the tests. >> > > As Jeff wrote: the test suite needs a compiler, because it builds > additional modules that come with the test suite first. > > You might be able to start tests and let the modules build and then later > move everything to a non-dev box and rerun the tests there (which will not > try to build those modules again). Never tried it, but you should at least > move it to the same directory on the other box. > > > However, as noted for the performance benchmark between ngix (or >> something like that) and httpd-2.4.1 - testing over network interfaces, >> rather than on local host is also needed (if not preferred). >> > > The test suite checks functionality and bug regressions. It doesn't test > performance. For performance tests you will need specialized tools and the > results will depend a lot on the type of environment used, the > configuration and the use cases being simulated. > > Regards, > > Rainer >
