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diff --git a/hadrian/README.md b/hadrian/README.md index a815039e7f..4d7ee8456b 100644 --- a/hadrian/README.md +++ b/hadrian/README.md @@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ To run GHC testsuite, use `build test`. See flags, as well as about the equivalents of the features that the Make build system offers. +NOTE: The only build flavours which are expected to pass the testsuite are those +tested in CI. If you use an untested flavour such as "Quick" then you run the +risk that not all tests will pass. In particular you can rely on the `validate` +and `perf` flavours being tested but no others. + `build selftest` runs tests of the build system. The current test coverage is close to zero (see [#197][test-issue]). diff --git a/hadrian/doc/testsuite.md b/hadrian/doc/testsuite.md index ed1205ec0f..49a310d8a8 100644 --- a/hadrian/doc/testsuite.md +++ b/hadrian/doc/testsuite.md @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ built GHC before, this will also build a stage 2 GHC in the default flavour along with many libraries and programs needed by the tests. +NOTE: The only build flavours which are expected to pass the testsuite are those +tested in CI. If you use an untested flavour such as "Quick" then you run the +risk that not all tests will pass. In particular you can rely on the `validate` +and `perf` flavours being tested but no others. + ## Running only a subset of the testsuite ### Specific tests |