NAME

Parrot::Configure::Options::Test - Run configuration and build tests along with Configure.pl

SYNOPSIS

    use Parrot::Configure::Options;
    use Parrot::Configure::Options::Test;
    use Parrot::Configure::Options::Test::Prepare qw(
        get_preconfiguration_tests
        get_postconfiguration_tests
    );

    $args = process_options( {
        argv            => [ @ARGV ],
        mode            => q{configure},
    } );

    $opttest = Parrot::Configure::Options::Test->new($args);

    $opttest->run_configure_tests( get_preconfiguration_tests() );

    $opttest->run_build_tests( get_postconfiguration_tests() );

On command line:

    # run tests of configuration tools, then configure
    perl Configure.pl  --test=configure

    # configure, then run tests of build tools
    perl Configure.pl  --test=build

    # run tests of configuration tools, then configure,
    # then run tests of build tools
    perl Configure.pl  --test

DESCRIPTION

Test suites have been constructed which test those of Parrot's configuration and build tools that are written in Perl 5. These tests are not necessarily run when you invoke make test. In any event, running these tests as part of make test is, in a certain sense, running them too late. If you have successfully called Configure.pl and make, you have implicitly demonstrated that the configuration and build tools work (for the most part), so running tests of those tools post-make is somewhat redundant.

On the other hand, tests of the configuration tools are meaningful if run before Configure.pl is invoked and, similarly, tests of the build tools are meaningful if run before make is invoked. Parrot::Configure::Options::Test provides functionality for running such tests.

SUBROUTINES

`new()`

Purpose

Parrot::Configure::Options::Test constructor.

Arguments

One argument: The hash reference which is the return value of Parrot::Configure::Options::process_options().

Return Value

Parrot::Configure::Options::Test object.

Comment

`run_configure_tests()`

Purpose

Run tests of Parrot's configuration tools.

Arguments

List of test files, typically supplied by Parrot::Configure::Options::Test::Prepare::get_preconfiguration_tests().

Return Value

None.

`run_build_tests()`

Purpose

Run tests of Parrot's build tools. Also, run tests of certain aspects of the configuration process which, for legacy reasons, must run after Configure.pl has completed execution.

Arguments

List of test files, typically supplied by Parrot::Configure::Options::Test::Prepare::get_postconfiguration_tests().

Return Value

None.

AUTHOR

James E Keenan, in response to request by Jerry Gay in http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=42690.