Category Archives: arch testing

If you are visiting this page, it is very likely that the software you maintain has been analyzed by my tinderbox system. What is a tinderbox? It is a machine that compiles 24/7 that aims to find build failures, test … Continue reading →

I received few requests to make KDE stable for ARM. Unfortunately I can’t do a complete test but I’m able to compile on both armv5 and armv7. Before stabilize, I may set a virtual machine on qemu to test better, … Continue reading →

Usually, I want to find all possible issues with the LINGUAS variable, so in my arch testing environment I have enabled all linguas that the main tree uses. To keep my make.conf more ‘clear’ I’m using source and another file called … Continue reading →

Usually I use -g0 as CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS; it will be useful to find wrong buildsystem behavior. ago@arcadia ~ $ portageq envvar CFLAGS -march=native -O2 -g0 Here is an example where the buildsystem sed only ‘-g‘, leaves ‘0‘ and causes compile failure: … Continue reading →

Many times in the past, a lot of people found bugs for packages actually in a STABLEREQ. Every time my answer was: make it as a block only if is a regression; and every time the next question was: “What … Continue reading →

Seems obviously for many of you, but a lot of people in the past, have asked me how to test toolchain components and be sure to don’t break anything. Ok, as usual we will start to test the singular package … Continue reading →

In the past, a lot of people ask me how test a new kernel. This tip could help new arch tester. First, emerge the new sources ( 3.4.5 is just an example, replace it with your ${version} ): echo “=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.4.5” … Continue reading →

This article should be useful for every arch tester that ask how properly test a library. Today we see a case like boost. The firsts steps will be: Emerge the new boost version Do a multiple compile test changing the … Continue reading →

I added recently a new category for this blog: arch testing.   Since in the years I’ve ‘gained’ a long experience with arch testing I think would be great collect a series of tip for the current and future arch … Continue reading →