trying some ASDF tests on Windows (was: Re: [asdf-devel] Volunteer for LispWorks testing?)

[Robert P. Goldman]

Dave Cooper wrote:
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
>  [also cc'ing this to asdf-devel in case anyone else has feedback]
> 
> Ok, shifting gears a little bit here first... 
> 
> I'm trying a few test runs of the ASDF test suite on Windows. Platforms
> on Windows which I have available to test right now are: Allegro CL
> (several variations), and CCL. 
> 
> To prepare to run the tests on Windows, I installed cygwin and cygwin's
> make. Then to run the tests, I do (for lack of having this more
> automated so far):
> 
> 1.  set ASDF_TEST_LISPS appropriately. 
> 
> 2. Edit run-tests.sh to point to appropriate Lisp executables. 

You actually shouldn't need to do that -- there is one environment
variable for each of the executables, and you can set those, if the
default values don't work for you.

> 
> 3  Invoke "make test-all-no-upgrade" from the cygwin command shell.
> 
> Let's try CCL first.  Here are the outputs:
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jc2cqwpkp06dupm/-vvd5gFwTk/cl/tests/asdf/output/2013-09-04/windows/ccl-1.9-f96-win-x86/ccl.text
> 
> Summary: 42 out of 47 pass (5 failures).
> 
> I can try to dive into these further, but I thought I would post the
> results here first in case anything is obvious to anyone. 
> 
> Incidentally, I have been running ASDF in production with Allegro CL for
> some time now (including asdf:monolithic-fasl-op) and it has been
> working well.  There are some startup glitches for running ASDF tests on
> Windows/Allegro right now. After the CCL issue is resolved I will return
> to trying to get the tests to run for Allegro on Windows. 
That would be great.

By the way, the bundle tests aren't working for me on a couple of other
lisps.

cheers,
r