Re: [PATCH 1/1] Makefile: add prove and coverage-prove targets
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Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jan 29, 2019, 18:10 UTC
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- <20190129173409.GD13764@szeder.dev>
On 1/29/2019 12:34 PM, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 04:58:27PM +0100, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > And in the related email discussion [1]: > > But even though the docs claim it [-j<N>] should be possible, > I've been getting "random" test failures when compiled with coverage > support, that went away with -j1. So the tests still run with -j1, as > with the first version of the series. > > So it doesn't seem to be that bad after all, because it's not > "completely breaks" but "random test failures". Still far from ideal, > but the original coverage patch is just about 3 weeks short of a > decade old, so maybe things have improved since then, and it'd be > worth a try to leave GIT_PROVE_OPTS as is and see what happens.
It would certainly be nice if the build time could be reduced through parallel test runs. I've kicked off a build using GIT_PROVE_OPTS="-j12" to see what happens.
Thanks! -Stolee