Using same stdout/stderr files for multiple tests?

[Phyx]

Actually, I had a few minutes to spare on the train so
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/merge_requests/226 :)

Cheers,
Tamar

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 4:36 PM Phyx <lonetiger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Omer,
>
> If you frequently require this it would be a trivial thing to add, it's a
> small modification to find_expected_file,
> I can probably find some time next week to do this for you if you want.
>
> >
> > I don't believe there is a way to do this. I would likely make
> > test_debug.stdout a symlink to test.stdout.
>
> Please don't, the symlinks won't persist on Windows where we'll end up
> with file copies instead, which goes horribly wrong once you modify one of
> them.
>
> Regards,
> Tamar
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 4:44 AM Ömer Sinan Ağacan <omeragacan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> These days when I need something like this I just use a make rule, which
>> is not
>> great as you have to run multiple tests in one make rule and you can't
>> run only
>> one with the TESTS parameter or skip some of the tests.
>>
>> Another problem is I can't have multiple tests that use single source
>> file,
>> again I have to use a make rule.
>>
>> Ömer
>>
>> Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>, 23 Oca 2019 Çar, 02:44 tarihinde şunu
>> yazdı:
>> >
>> > Ömer Sinan Ağacan <omeragacan at gmail.com> writes:
>> >
>> > > I have a test that I want to run with different compile and runtime
>> parameters.
>> > > I managed to reuse the source file across different tests by adding a
>> > > extra_files(['source.hs']) to the tests, but I don't know how to do
>> the same for
>> > > stdout/stderr files. Any ideas?
>> > >
>> > > In more details, I have
>> > >
>> > >     test.hs
>> > >     test.stdout
>> > >
>> > > and two tests
>> > >
>> > >     test('test',
>> > >          [extra_run_opts('...')],
>> > >          compile_and_run,
>> > >          [])
>> > >
>> > >     test('test_debug',
>> > >          [extra_run_opts('...'),
>> > >           extra_hc_opts('-debug'),
>> > >           extra_files(['test.hs'])],
>> > >          compile_and_run,
>> > >          [])
>> > >
>> > > The first test works fine, but the second test fails because I don't
>> know how to
>> > > tell it to use test.stdout as the stdout file and it looks for
>> > > test_debug.stdout.
>> > >
>> > This is probably no longer relevant but:
>> >
>> > I don't believe there is a way to do this. I would likely make
>> > test_debug.stdout a symlink to test.stdout.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > - Ben
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