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authorAlina Banerjee <alina@glitchgirl.us>2021-06-08 01:43:30 -0500
committerMarge Bot <ben+marge-bot@smart-cactus.org>2021-07-27 12:01:15 -0400
commit74b791915bb5fa19a196bc5dd8b71ed8026c948f (patch)
treea9415f298f0062fc4aa65083071f9076c1afdfd6 /validate
parent64b6bc2396f797b66bb3697c4144774bb6039149 (diff)
downloadhaskell-74b791915bb5fa19a196bc5dd8b71ed8026c948f.tar.gz
validate: Add note for BINDIST variable, GitLab validation; clean up comments
Diffstat (limited to 'validate')
-rwxr-xr-xvalidate18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/validate b/validate
index 22c711ad1e..ea4ab1b603 100755
--- a/validate
+++ b/validate
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ Flags:
TEST='read001 read002' ./validate --testsuite-only --fast
+ Note on BINDIST variable: The BINDIST variable value indicates whether a binary
+ distribution of GHC built using Hadrian/Make is to be installed. When set
+ to "YES", it indicates that a path, previously set with the --prefix flag in
+ the configuration step (./configure), can be used as the installation location
+ for both Hadrian and legacy Make systems. Otherwise the binary executables
+ built are placed in sub-directories within the "./_validatebuild" directory.
+
+ Note on validate vs GitLab CI setup: This script is distinct from the
+ collection of validation settings used by the GitLab Continuous Integration
+ system (details in ./.gitlab-ci.yml) and can be run locally on a user's computer
+ system. The CI scripts are stored in the ./.gitlab directory for reference.
+
EOF
}
@@ -182,7 +194,6 @@ if [ "$use_hadrian" = "NO" ]; then
fi
$make -C utils/checkUniques
else
- # Just build using hadrian.
if [ "$use_stack" = "NO" ]; then
hadrian/build --help > /dev/null
echo "Entering ./hadrian directory..."
@@ -209,6 +220,8 @@ else
echo "Hadrian command: $hadrian"
fi
+# For details of the following flavours, refer to
+# ./hadrian/src/Settings/Flavours
case $speed in
SLOW)
flavour=slow-validate ;;
@@ -249,7 +262,6 @@ if [ $build_only -eq 1 ] ||
# That should be the default. Only suppress commands, by setting V=0 and using
# `make -s`, when user explicitly asks for it with `./validate --quiet`.
if [ $be_quiet -eq 1 ]; then
- # See Note [Default build system verbosity].
echo "V=0" >> mk/are-validating.mk # Less gunk
fi
@@ -410,7 +422,7 @@ if [ $testsuite_only -eq 1 ] ||
echo '==== STAGE 2 TESTS ==== '
cat "$basedir"/testsuite_summary.txt
else
- # If the --fast flag is used, make the test ghc an in tree compiler
+ # If the --fast flag is used, make the test ghc an in-tree compiler
if [ -d "$basedir/bindisttest/install dir" ] && [ $BINDIST = "BINDIST=YES" ]; then
testghc="$basedir/bindisttest/install dir/bin/ghc"
elif [ $BINDIST = "BINDIST=NO" ]; then