Re: [A-a-p-user] Tests under Windows

[Bram M. <Br...@mo...>]

Godefroid Chapelle wrote:

> > > > > - patch Util.py and rectest\test005.py with the attached diffs
> > > >
> > > >I don't understand the diff for test005.py.  Please use a context diff.
> > >
> > > what is context diff ?
> >
> >         diff -c oldfile newfile
> 
> I attach the context diff

Thanks.  I'll include the change to write the included file without
extra white space, to avoid a warning message.

I don't like ignoring the return value from os.system().  We need a
better solution for that.

> > > Basically I had to take the res variable of : even in case of success
> > > os.system was sending values back.
> >
> >That is strange.  The Python os.system() docs say that on Windows 98 it
> >always returns zero, even when the program failed (one of the things to
> >work around in the future).  I guess you are using Win NT/2K/XP.  Does
> >it return a non-zero value even when the program was run successfully?
> 
> Yes that's what I meant

Annoying.  Since executing build commands may fail we do need a reliable
method to find out if a command invoked with os.system() failed or not.
Does someone have an idea of how to do this?  Sounds like a generic
Python problem.

> > > > > - create build-nt directory under aap\rectest
> > > > > (BTW This is the worst point. I have been unable until now to find 
> > out why
> > > > > this working dir is not created by aap.)
> > > >
> > > >It is automatically created for me.  I can't guess why it doesn't happen
> > > >for you.  I'm using MS-Windows 98, but I don't think this would be
> > > >different on Win2k.
> > >
> > > Can you tell me where I should look for ?
> >
> >In DoBuild.py, around line 1000.  Good luck!
> 
> I'll do my best

Any progress on this issue?

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