Closed Bug 480279 Opened 16 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Allow mochitests to launch under a debugger or valgrind

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(Testing :: Mochitest, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED FIXED
mozilla1.9.2a1

People

(Reporter: bent.mozilla, Assigned: bent.mozilla)

References

Details

(Keywords: fixed1.9.1, Whiteboard: [fixed1.9.1b4])

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Simple changes to launch the mochitest harness under a debugger. Works great for valgrind, a little less great for gdb, but what do you guys think? This at least means I don't have to hack the harness when I want to run valgrind.
Attachment #364281 - Flags: review?(sayrer)
Assignee: nobody → bent.mozilla
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
I filed bug 477269 not long ago, but you have a patch.
Looks good to me, but I'd probably have to play with it for awhile to be completely confident that the mode of interaction is optimal.
Attachment #364281 - Flags: review?(sayrer) → review?(jwalden+bmo)
Attachment #364281 - Flags: review?(jwalden+bmo) → review+
Summary: Allow mochitests to launch under a debugger → Allow mochitests to launch under a debugger valgrind
Summary: Allow mochitests to launch under a debugger valgrind → Allow mochitests to launch under a debugger or valgrind
Pushed changeset 356458e646d0 to mozilla-central.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.9.2a1
Version: unspecified → Trunk
Whiteboard: [needs 1.9.1 landing: after bug 460515]
Comment on attachment 364281 [details] [diff] [review] Patch, v1 [Checkin: See comment 4 & 5] http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.1/rev/3ed22a6e3f37 After fixing context for: { patching file build/automation.py.in Hunk #1 FAILED at 401 Hunk #3 FAILED at 446 2 out of 3 hunks FAILED patching file testing/mochitest/runtests.py.in Hunk #5 FAILED at 466 1 out of 5 hunks FAILED }
Attachment #364281 - Attachment description: Patch, v1 → Patch, v1 [Checkin: See comment 4 & 5]
Flags: in-testsuite-
Keywords: fixed1.9.1
Whiteboard: [needs 1.9.1 landing: after bug 460515] → [fixed1.9.1b4]
I guess I don't mind that this was checked in on branch but I don't see anyone giving approval for it landing there...
It's a testing-only change, and those have never required approval. Maybe this is a lenient interpretation of the policy, but "beg forgiveness" > "ask permission" in my book as long as you're sure the change won't break anything. ;-)
Yes, I have been broadly interpreting the testing approval grant to include test harness changes. I have yet to hear a complaint from other drivers, so I conclude that nobody minds.
Using this to run gdb doesn't work for me on Mac. See bug 485531.
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