Bug#692812: src:fluidsynth: libfluindsynth-dev needs a compile/link/run autopkg test

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Martin Pitt <martin.pitt at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Rafał Cieślak [2012-11-09 10:56 +0100]:
>> This bug report represents the need of a simple compile/link/run
>> autopkg test for libfluidsynth-dev.
>
> This ensures that the -dev package installs a working pkg-config file,
> header files into the correct place, pulls in the right dependencies,
> the depending packages can build/link/have correct headers, etc. So
> it's actually a lot more useful than it might look at first sight

Does it really? The attached build script does not seem to include any
reference to pkg-config,etc.

>
> autopkgtest/DEP-8 [1] have been a Debian standard for quite some time,
> but now folks are discussing to actually deploy the tests on Debian as
> well [2] so that they eventually get run on Debian's Jenkins [3].
> So please consider adding the tests to Debian as well. These are
> mission-critical infrastructure in Ubuntu now, so we'll ensure that
> they keep working (and sending patches as appropriate).
>
> Thanks for considering,

What is the easiest and fastest way to actually run adt tests?

I did skim through the adt specification and the package
documentation, but I am not going to setup XEN and LVM. isn't there
also easier and more lightweight options? Maybe something involving
qemu/kvm that does not require root?


Cheers,
Reinhard


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regards,
    Reinhard