[GRASS-dev] Running python test: why are they not running?

[Rainer M Krug]

Vaclav Petras <wenzeslaus at gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Rainer M Krug <Rainer at krugs.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am working on the homebrew script for OS X and am trying to implement
>> the tests. I download the test dataset, extract it, and run
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> grass71 ./nc_basic_spm_grass7/PERMANENT --exec python -m
>> grass.gunittest.main --location './nc_basic_spm_grass7' --location-type nc
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> But I get the following:
>>
>> ,----
>> | ==> tar xzf ./nc_basic_spm_grass7.tar.gz
>> | ==> ls -l ./nc_basic_spm_grass7/
>> | total 24
>> | -rw-r--r--   1 rainerkrug  wheel  1035 Nov  3  2008 CREDITS.txt
>> | -rw-r--r--   1 rainerkrug  wheel  2710 Jul 25  2013 HISTORY.txt
>> | drwxr-xr-x  18 rainerkrug  wheel   612 Feb 13  2013 PERMANENT
>> | -rw-r--r--   1 rainerkrug  wheel   130 Nov 26  2012 VERSION.txt
>> | drwxr-xr--  16 rainerkrug  wheel   544 Jul 25  2013 user1
>> | ==> grass71 ./nc_basic_spm_grass7/PERMANENT --exec python -m
>> grass.gunittest.main --location './nc_basic_spm_grass7' --location-type nc
>> | WARNING: Default locale settings are missing. GRASS running with C
>> locale.
>> | Starting GRASS GIS...
>> | Executing <python -m grass.gunittest.main --location
>> ./nc_basic_spm_grass7 --location-type nc> ...
>> |
>> | Executed 0 test files in 0:00:00.046629.
>> | From them 0 files (unknown percentage) were successful and 0 files
>> (unknown percentage) failed.
>> | Execution of <python -m grass.gunittest.main --location
>> ./nc_basic_spm_grass7 --location-type nc> finished.
>> | Cleaning up temporary files...
>> | 04:57:47 ~$
>> `----
>>
>> If I run the same command in my home directory, where the dataset is
>> also installed, the tests run as expected.
>>
>> Any suggestions why the tests do not run?
>>
>> The data is downloaded, and extracted (see the ls -l above).
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>
> Do you run it from the directory with the source code? The tests are only
> in the source code. `python -m grass.gunittest.main` will find all tests in
> all subdirectories of the current directory.

OK - this explains,as the tests are run in a temporary directory.

The easiest might be to checkout the tests before usage. How can I check
them out from svn and in which folder are they located? But I assume
they have to be compiled before usage?

Thanks,

Rainer

>
> Vaclav
>
> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/libpython/gunittest_testing.html#testing-with-gunittest-package-in-general
> https://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/libpython/gunittest_running_tests.html#running-tests-report
>
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rainer
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
>> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>>
>> Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
>> Stellenbosch University
>> South Africa
>>
>> Tel :       +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
>> Cell:       +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
>> Fax :       +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44
>>
>> Fax (D):    +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44
>>
>> email:      Rainer at krugs.de
>>
>> Skype:      RMkrug
>>
>> PGP: 0x0F52F982
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> grass-dev mailing list
>> grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org
>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
>>

-- 
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
South Africa

Tel :       +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44
Cell:       +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98
Fax :       +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44

Fax (D):    +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44

email:      Rainer at krugs.de

Skype:      RMkrug

PGP: 0x0F52F982
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 480 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-dev/attachments/20150820/3428d0b0/attachment-0001.pgp>