[OE-core] [PATCH 1/3] systemd: upgrade to 237

[Alexander Kanavin]

On 03/19/2018 06:53 AM, ChenQi wrote:

> For autotools,
> 1) if the test framework of some package is a standalone set of scripts 
> or it could be easily decoupled from Makefile, adding ptest support for 
> such package is easy.
> 2) if the test framework of some package is coupled with Makefile, we 
> need to adjust or replace vars in Makefile, install make on target and 
> rely on the Makefile to run tests. In such case, adding ptest is not easy.
> 
> For meson, the test framework is coupled with meson/ninja. We need to at 
> least install ninja and meson on target as a first step. Maybe we need 
> to adjust other things in do_install_ptest. That's why I said "there's 
> no easy way to add ptest support."
> 
> Why didn't I look further into this problem? Because I view ptest 
> support as optional, not necessary.
> What I thought was: "let's upgrade the package first. If ptest support 
> is required from community, deal with that in a separate patch."
> 
> Now that I've got feedback from you, I think I'll look further into this 
> issue and try to add ptest support via a separate patch.

But is it tightly coupled with meson/ninja? From what I see here:

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/test/meson.build

there is no testing logic as such in the meson.build file, it simply 
runs a few test scripts, and checks the outcome. Which we can easily 
replicate in a script.

Alex