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From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: Veronika Kabatova <vkabatov@redhat.com>
Cc: shuah@kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: introduce gen_tar Makefile target
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:24:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200427212405.2747394d@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200427192141.2926018-1-vkabatov@redhat.com>

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:21:41 +0200
Veronika Kabatova <vkabatov@redhat.com> wrote:

> The gen_kselftest_tar.sh always packages *all* selftests and doesn't
> pass along any variables to `make install` to influence what should be
> built. This can result in an early error on the command line ("Unknown
> tarball format TARGETS=XXX"), or unexpected test failures as the
> tarball contains tests people wanted to skip on purpose.
> 
> Since the makefile already contains all the logic, we can add a target
> for packaging. Keep the default .gz target the script uses, and actually
> extend the supported formats by using tar's autodetection.
> 
> To not break current workflows, keep the gen_kselftest_tar.sh script as
> it is, with an added suggestion to use the makefile target instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Veronika Kabatova <vkabatov@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>

-- 
Stefano


       reply	other threads:[~2020-04-27 19:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20200427192141.2926018-1-vkabatov@redhat.com>
2020-04-27 19:24 ` Stefano Brivio [this message]
2020-04-28  0:17   ` [PATCH] selftests: introduce gen_tar Makefile target shuah
2020-04-28  7:07     ` Stefano Brivio
2020-04-28 12:46     ` Veronika Kabatova
2020-04-28 12:34 Veronika Kabatova
2020-04-28 12:38 Veronika Kabatova
2020-05-01 14:49 ` shuah
2020-05-04 11:50   ` Veronika Kabatova
2020-05-06 14:56     ` shuah
2020-05-19 18:39       ` shuah
2020-05-19 19:50         ` Veronika Kabatova

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