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| author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2021-09-05 22:28:36 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2021-09-05 22:28:36 -0400 |
| commit | de48d6a4f71329a91d38b90510abd28110744ad9 (patch) | |
| tree | a77d205c29225b6e67205c575c32233bea7080fe /README.git | |
| parent | 55f06bdc3fe765c2fceaad56cfaaee00311e7bf0 (diff) | |
| download | make-git-de48d6a4f71329a91d38b90510abd28110744ad9.tar.gz | |
* README.git: Add a section on ways to test.
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@@ -159,6 +159,36 @@ Next, rename the file README.W32.template to README.W32 and follow those instructions. +Debugging and Testing +--------------------- + +These instructions have been tested on GNU systems. I have no idea if they +work on non-GNU systems (Windows, MacOS, etc.) + +* Alternate Configurations: + The maintMakefile has a rule for running configure with various different + options, with and without packages. Run: + + make check-alt-config + +* Valgrind: + You can run all tests under valgrind by passing the -memcheck option: + + (cd tests && ./run_make_tests -make ../make -memcheck) + + Note, this is slow! Also some tests will fail because of invoking valgrind. + +* ASAN: + You can build with ASAN and run tests, like this: + + make clean + make -j8 CFLAGS='-ggdb3 -fsanitizer=address' LDFLAGS='-ggdb3 -fsanitizer=address' + (cd tests && ./run_make_tests -make ../make) + + Note that ASAN is reporting many more errors than valgrind. I don't know + which one is wrong: I haven't looked at them closely. + + Creating a Package ------------------ |