What to do with tests that run for ages (examples dplayx and msi/install)

[Austin English]

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:57 PM, James Hawkins <truiken at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Paul Vriens <paul.vriens.wine at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The recent additions to the dplayx tests make these tests run very slow (or
>> there is just a lot tested?).
>>
>> Is there a way to either split up these tests so they don't timeout or better
>> yet find out if we can run them faster. This issue can be seen on W2K upwards.
>>
>> The same can be said about the msi/install tests. This however only seems to be
>> an issue on XP and Vista.
>>
>
> The install tests should only take forever if you have some form of
> logging enabled.  All logging should be disabled.
>
> --
> James Hawkins
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For me in XP, they repeatedly take forever and usually time out. On my
2k box, they run fine. The 2k box is a Pentium 4 single core, and the
XP box is a Intel duo IIRC. Not sure what logging you're speaking of,
be it in winetest or in windows itself...

-Austin