Update to regression testing sgml
Tony Lambregts
tony_lambregts at telusplanet.net
Fri Feb 14 14:33:51 CST 2003
I have Several small changes to the regression testing sgml.
- Changed Cvs to CVS
- Point to bugzilla insted of newsgroup.
- change indent for <screen> to avoid going over 80 chars.
- changed EDT to CST to match archives
Change Log: Update regression testing sgml.
Files Changed: documentation/cvs-regression.sgml
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diff -u -u -r1.2 cvs-regression.sgml
--- cvs-regression.sgml 16 Oct 2001 21:47:51 -0000 1.2
+++ cvs-regression.sgml 14 Feb 2003 20:36:26 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<chapter id="cvs-regression">
- <title>How to do regression testing using Cvs</title>
+ <title>How to do regression testing using CVS</title>
<para>
written by Gerard Patel
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Get the 'full cvs' archive from winehq. This archive is
- the cvs tree but with the tags controlling the versioning
+ Get the <quote>full CVS</quote> archive from winehq. This archive is
+ the CVS tree but with the tags controlling the versioning
system. It's a big file (> 40 meg) with a name like
wine-cvsdirs-<last update date> (it's more than 100mb
when uncompressed, you can't very well do this with
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
<para>
untar it into a repository directory:
<screen>
- cd /home/gerard
- tar -zxfcvs-dirs-2000-05-20.tar.gz
- mv wine repository
+cd /home/gerard
+tar -zxf cvs-dirs-2003-01-15.tar.gz
+mv wine repository
</screen>
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
<command>cvs</command> will think it's part of the
repository and deny you an extraction in the repository:
<screen>
- cd /home/gerard
- mv wine wine_current (-> this protects your current wine sandbox, if any)
- export CVSROOT=/home/gerard/repository
- cd /home/gerard
- cvs -d $CVSROOT checkout wine
+cd /home/gerard
+mv wine wine_current (-> this protects your current wine sandbox, if any)
+export CVSROOT=/home/gerard/repository
+cd /home/gerard
+cvs -d $CVSROOT checkout wine
</screen>
</para>
<para>
@@ -57,49 +57,52 @@
</para>
<para>
Note also that it is possible to do all this with a direct
- Cvs connection, of course. The full cvs file method is less
- painful for the winehq cvs server and probably a bit faster
+ CVS connection, of course. The full CVS file method is less
+ painful for the winehq CVS server and probably a bit faster
if you don't have a very good net connection.
</para>
<note>
<para>
- If you use Cvs directly from the winehq.com server, do not
+ If you use CVS directly from the winehq.com server, do not
forget to add to your <filename>.cvsrc</filename> file:
</para>
<screen>
- cvs -z 3
- update -dPA
- diff -u
+cvs -z 3
+update -dPA
+diff -u
</screen>
</note>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
you will have now in the <filename>~/wine</filename>
- directory an image of the cvs tree, on the client side.
+ directory an image of the CVS tree, on the client side.
Now update this image to the date you want:
<screen>
- cd /home/gerard/wine
- cvs -d $CVSROOT update -D "1999-06-01 EDT"
+cd /home/gerard/wine
+cvs -d $CVSROOT update -D "2002-06-01 CST"
</screen>
</para>
<para>
The date format is <literal>YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS</literal>.
- Using the EDT date format ensure that you will be able to
+ Using the CST date format ensure that you will be able to
extract patches in a way that will be compatible with the
- wine-cvs archive : http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-cvs
+ wine-cvs archive
+ <ulink url="http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-cvs">
+ http://www.winehq.com/hypermail/wine-cvs</ulink>
</para>
<para>
Many messages will inform you that more recent files have
been deleted to set back the client cvs tree to the date
you asked, for example:
<screen>
- cvs update: tsx11/ts_xf86dga2.c is no longer in the repository
+cvs update: tsx11/ts_xf86dga2.c is no longer in the repository
</screen>
</para>
<para>
<command>cvs update</command> is not limited to upgrade to
- a <emphasis>newer</emphasis> version as I have believed for far too long :-(
+ a <emphasis>newer</emphasis> version as I have believed for
+ far too long :-(
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -107,8 +110,8 @@
Now proceed as for a normal update:
</para>
<screen>
- ./configure
- make depend && make
+./configure
+make depend && make
</screen>
<para>
If any non-programmer reads this, the fastest method to get
@@ -118,18 +121,19 @@
April, if not, to 1st October, and so on.
</para>
<para>
- If you have lot of hard disk free space (a full compile takes
- currently 400 Mb), copy the oldest known working version before
- updating it, it will save time if you need to go back (it's
- better to make distclean before going back in time, so you
- have to make everything if you don't backup the older version)
+ If you have lot of hard disk free space (a full compile currently
+ takes 400 Mb), copy the oldest known working version before
+ updating it, it will save time if you need to go back. (it's
+ better to <command>make distclean</command> before going back in
+ time, so you have to make everything if you don't backup the older
+ version)
</para>
<para>
When you have found the day where the problem happened, continue
the search using the wine-cvs archive (sorted by date) and a
more precise cvs update including hour, minute, second :
<screen>
- cvs -d $CVSROOT update -D "1999-06-01 15:17:25 EDT"
+cvs -d $CVSROOT update -D "2002-06-01 15:17:25 CST"
</screen>
This will allow you to find easily the exact patch that did it.
</para>
@@ -137,8 +141,10 @@
<listitem>
<para>
If you find the patch that is the cause of the problem, you have
- almost won; report about it on <systemitem>comp.emulators.windows.wine</systemitem>
- or susbscribe to wine-devel and post it there. There is a chance that the author
+ almost won; report about it to
+ <ulink url="http://bugs.winehq.com/">Wine Bugzilla</ulink>
+ or susbscribe to wine-devel and post it there. There is a chance
+ that the author
will jump in to suggest a fix; or there is always the possibility
to look hard at the patch until it is coerced to reveal where is
the bug :-)
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