[m-dev.] bootcheck

Julien Fischer jfischer at opturion.com
Fri Mar 29 15:38:37 AEDT 2013


Hi,

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Ian MacLarty <imaclarty at opturion.com> wrote:
>
> As I recall you can still compile modules with debugging enabled in
> asm_fast.gc (using the --trace option).  The debugger doesn't require
> everything to be compiled in a debug grade.  The debug grade is there
> so that you get events for the standard library predicates, but it's
> not required.
>
> I think the debug tests have expected outputs for when they are run in
> a non-debug grade.  So it's possible the failures are legitimate, but
> most probably the expected outputs are out of date.

Almost certainly.  The debugger tests tend to be quite fragile in that respect.

Paul: what are they failing tests you are encountering, and in which grade(s).

Cheers,
Julien.



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