On Fri 27 Jun 2003 17:19, John Peacock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that I have a subversion repository of the APC (All Perl Changes) on a > machine that is largely unloaded, I can set up a smoke process nightly. In > order to do that, I have a couple of questions: > > 1) When running `perl Makefile.pl`
Newer Test::Smoke's ask you to run 'perl configsmoke.pl' instead > it asks me where to install the code; I'm guessing that this is so it > doesn't live in the ordinary Perl lib tree. As long as that directory > is in the path for the user running the smokes, that is fine, right? Yes. The 'smokecurrent.sh' script that is generated from 'perl configsmoke.pl' adds the smoke path to $PATH before continuing with the real process > 2) Since I already will have a fully synced subversion repository, I don't > need most of the functionality of Test::Smoke::Syncer. Has anyone already Same problem here, but I sync manually (by a script) and start the smoke with --nosync. One of the problems I face is the need for very many reboots because of a broken screen :( > started work on Test::Smoke::Syncer::Subversion yet, or am I free to play > with it? Abe now maintains the stuff. He's always open for improvements :) > I am guessing that I will use T::S::S::Hardlink with a source of a Subversion > working copy. > > 3) Once I am smoking bleadperl, I'll add the 5.8.x smoke as well (using `svn > switch` on my hdir and T::S::S::Hardlink again. Comments??? Go for it :) FWIW Abe's laters internal build is here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ztreet/perl/ THIS IS NOT A PRODUCTION VERSION! Use at own risk. > John -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/) using perl-5.6.1, 5.8.0 & 633 on HP-UX 10.20 & 11.00, AIX 4.2, AIX 4.3, WinNT 4, Win2K pro & WinCE 2.11. Smoking perl CORE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://archives.develooper.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] send smoke reports to: [EMAIL PROTECTED], QA: http://qa.perl.org
