Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of TestingNotes


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Timestamp:
Aug 9, 2008, 10:02:06 AM (16 years ago)
Author:
Even Rouault
Comment:

Mention GDAL_DOWNLOAD_TEST_DATA; Add link to AutotestStatus page

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    3131Skipped tests are ok (normally because particular drivers are not compiled in), but failed tests should be investigated.  Some details of the failed test should be shown just before the final summary.  It is then possible to cd down into the directory of that test, and run it in isolation (perhaps with --debug on) to try and isolate what is going wrong.
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     33Some optionnal tests rely on downloading datasets. This requires the environment variable GDAL_DOWNLOAD_TEST_DATA to be set to YES, otherwise those tests will be skipped. Once downloaded, these datasets are cached in autotest/gdrivers/tmp/cache.
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    3335The [wiki:Buildbot] runs will run the gdalautotest suite as well.
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     37The [wiki:AutotestStatus] page lists all GDAL and OGR drivers and whether there is some test for each one in the autotest.
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    3539=== Testing on Windows using old bindings ===