[lsb-discuss] [Lsb-infrastructure] Downloads page updated for Update 1, still need a few other things

[Ian Murdock]

Don't know. All I did was type in my name, affliation, and email and click
"run tests". If that's running the wrong tests, that would certainly
explain a lot. -ian

On 2/27/07, Vladimir Rubanov <vrub at ispras.ru> wrote:
> Ok, good.
>
> Could you please tell how you executed the tests - in certification mode or
> in custom mode? We have just guessed that if you executed the tests in the
> certification mode then the DTK Manager downloaded the stable versions of
> the tests and ran them instead of the beta tests supplied in the bundle
> (because certification must be done on the released versions not on betas).
> In this scenario, you could really experience some of the troubles
> described. To execute the beta tests, you have to use custom mode in the DTK
> Manager.
>
> Meanwhile, I asked Alexey and the others to investigate and comment other
> issues in detail.
>
> /Vladimir.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Murdock [mailto:imurdock at imurdock.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:27 PM
> > To: Vladimir Rubanov
> > Cc: lsb-discuss; lsb-infrastructure
> > Subject: Re: [Lsb-infrastructure] Downloads page updated for Update
> > 1,still need a few other things
> >
> > Ok. About says "Version 0.5". -ian
> >
> > On 2/27/07, Vladimir Rubanov <vrub at ispras.ru> wrote:
> > > Yes, you can switch to the About page while the tests are running,
> > clicking
> > > Execution tab will bring you back to the terminal emulation. You can
> > even
> > > close the browser - tests will continue in background. To stop them, you
> > > have to press "Stop" button at the Execution page, which you can open in
> > > your browser at any time.
> > >
> > > It would be very strange if you are running 0.5 and having the troubles
> > you
> > > described. My engineers report they have fixed them in 0.5. Or we may
> > have
> > > problems with a complex multi-version environment mix up on your
> > computer.
> > >
> > > /Vladimir.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ian Murdock [mailto:imurdock at imurdock.com]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:07 PM
> > > > To: Vladimir Rubanov
> > > > Cc: lsb-discuss; lsb-infrastructure
> > > > Subject: Re: [Lsb-infrastructure] Downloads page updated for Update
> > > > 1,still need a few other things
> > > >
> > > > Can I do that without stopping my tests from running? Can I look for
> > > > something via the command line? It's entirely possible the version
> > > > in the bundle is out of date, since it appears the bundled tests are
> > > > out of date as well.
> > > >
> > > > P.S. - I just did a dpkg -l, and lsb-dtk-manager reports "0.5-1".
> > > >
> > > > -ian
> > > >
> > > > On 2/27/07, Vladimir Rubanov <vrub at ispras.ru> wrote:
> > > > > Ian,
> > > > >
> > > > > could you please look at the About page in the DTK Manager? What
> > version
> > > > is
> > > > > displayed there? It seems you are running the old TEF 0.4 while the
> > > > latest
> > > > > is 0.5.
> > > > >
> > > > > /Vladimir.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: lsb-infrastructure-bounces at lists.freestandards.org
> > [mailto:lsb-
> > > > > > infrastructure-bounces at lists.freestandards.org] On Behalf Of Ian
> > > > Murdock
> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 4:29 PM
> > > > > > To: lsb-discuss; lsb-infrastructure
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [Lsb-infrastructure] Downloads page updated for
> > Update
> > > > > > 1,still need a few other things
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Now that I'm back in the office, I'm testing the Distribution
> > Testkit.
> > > > A
> > > > > > few problems to report, some serious:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * I still had to install xvfb by hand. Again, it would be nice if
> > > > > > install.sh took care of doing that for me.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * After installing xvfb, I got another error, this time that it
> > > > > > couldn't find /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc or somesuch. This is
> > > > > > on Ubuntu feisty, and apparently, in Ubuntu feisty, the fonts have
> > > > > > been moved to /usr/share/fonts. Easy enough to fix with some
> > > > > > symlinks, but it would be nice if the tests knew about
> > > > > > the alternative location rather than making the user do this.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * After fixing this, I tried rerunning the tests, and I got an
> > error
> > > > about
> > > > > > the tests still running. Sure enough, there were a bunch of
> > processes
> > > > > > still
> > > > > > running the background, but I wasn't sure how to kill them, so I
> > > > rebooted.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * After rebooting, I couldn't log in again because my home
> > directory
> > > > was
> > > > > > owned by vsx0.users. I initially ran
> > > > > > /opt/lsb/distr-testkit/tef/bin/lsb-tef-start.sh as root, which
> > > > > > seems to have been the culprit (I later ran that
> > > > > > script as myself, and my home directory permissions were fine.)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * I noticed the following error in the test run:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >     ./run_tests: 29: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> > > > > >
> > > > > > (This was trying to run /opt/lsb/test/desktop/run_tests.) Again,
> > > > > > this is due to bashisms being used in a script marked #!/bin/sh.
> > > > > > /bin/sh isn't bash on Ubuntu.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm linking /bin/sh to /bin/bash for the sake of making progress,
> > but
> > > > we
> > > > > > really need to fix the problem at its source, and make sure there
> > are
> > > > no
> > > > > > other problems like this.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * Can we change that to /opt/lsb/dist-testkit, for consistency
> > with
> > > > lsb-
> > > > > > dist-testkit?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > * There's no need to support LSB 2.0 any longer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -ian
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Ian Murdock
> > > > > > 317-863-2590
> > > > > > http://ianmurdock.com/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel
> > Paige
> > > > > >
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> > > > Ian Murdock
> > > > 317-863-2590
> > > > http://ianmurdock.com/
> > > >
> > > > "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ian Murdock
> > 317-863-2590
> > http://ianmurdock.com/
> >
> > "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige
>
>


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Ian Murdock
317-863-2590
http://ianmurdock.com/

"Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige