Re: Re: Debian test-suite

Posted by Dirk Eddelbuettel on Nov 07, 2003; 8:40am
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/New-tarballs-tp10434p10442.html

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 04:20:25PM +0100, Luigi Ballabio wrote:

> On 2003.11.07 15:58, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> >On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:41:07PM +0100, Ferdinando Ametrano wrote:
> >> I took a look at the Debian build logs and noticed that the test-
> >suite is not executed, because the library cannot be linked. Luigi  
> >confirmed me that this is a problem he also has on any box which  
> >doesn't have a previous QuantLib installed.
> >
> >> Is there a way to have the C++ test-suite executed on all those
> >Debian platform?
> >
> >It generally works. AFAIK this is my only where package where I  
> >invoke it... and nothing happens. It must be some LD_LIBRARY /  
> >libtool / ... magic that is beyond. If Luigi can fix it, great. If  
> >not, well, .... I guess it won;t be fixed.  I do not suspect a  
> >problem at Debian's end.
>
> I don't suspect it either---it should be some libtool glitch (which I  
> fix on my box by running ldconfig, but one has to be root, hasn't one?)

Both manual and autobuilders do run as root -- commonly via the fakeroot
utility -- as they e.g. have to create files with root.root ownership etc pp.

That wouldn't be a constraint.

> I guess it stays this way for this release.

Yep.  Dirk

>
> Later,
> Luigi
>

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