Re: [Maxima-discuss] run_testsuite() requires user interaction?

[Leo B. <Leo...@um...>]

On Mon, Oct 21 2024, Wolfgang Dautermann <wol...@da...> wrote:

> Am 21.10.24 um 22:57 schrieb Leo Butler:
>> Wolfgang,
>> Can you explain how you are running this command?
>
> Ah. It does work with my cronjob, I just looked at the beginning of
> the test files,
> e.g. https://wolfgang.dautermann.at/maxima/nightlybuild/logfile-testsuite-abcl.txt
>
> I just call Maxima with
> maxima --lisp=$lisp --batch-string='run_testsuite();'
> ($lisp is the current lisp to be tested)
>
> The code is here:
> https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/code/ci/master/tree/crosscompile-windows/nightlytest.sh
> (I just saw, that I updated some of the Lisp versions on my test
> machine, and did not commit these changes...)
>
>> If you are running this in an interactive session, then you need to set
>> batch_answers_from_file:true
>> before "run_testsuite()".
>> Perhaps `batch_answers_from_file' should be bound to t inside of
>> `run_testsuite'?
>
> That is probably a good idea. Or add an option like
> "run_interactive_tests" to run_testsuite, which can be set to true, if
> one wants to run tests, which require user interaction.
>

Ok, I added the option `answers_from_file' in commit 3fc4b17af.

Leo