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| author | Stefano Sabatini <stefasab@gmail.com> | 2022-04-03 15:22:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann@mail.de> | 2022-04-06 09:22:31 +0200 |
| commit | 67c1078046af19d7649b50106fb407302a0e5b61 (patch) | |
| tree | a8177d0c162fc226800d4458522ca1cd0b8bf19f /doc | |
| parent | 706f12992dbe22617ba0406cfff09201bc905b4e (diff) | |
doc/fate: add note about showing test names and running a tests subset
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/fate.texi | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/fate.texi b/doc/fate.texi index c3550785a1..8450856015 100644 --- a/doc/fate.texi +++ b/doc/fate.texi @@ -79,6 +79,21 @@ Do not put a '~' character in the samples path to indicate a home directory. Because of shell nuances, this will cause FATE to fail. @end float +To get the complete list of tests, run the command: +@example +make fate-list +@end example + +You can specify a subset of tests to run by specifying the +corresponding elements from the list with the @code{fate-} prefix, +e.g. as in: +@example +make fate-ffprobe_compact fate-ffprobe_xml +@end example + +This makes it easier to run a few tests in case of failure without +running the complete test suite. + To use a custom wrapper to run the test, pass @option{--target-exec} to @command{configure} or set the @var{TARGET_EXEC} Make variable. |