Is it possibel to use a debug build to run stress tests? Was: [build-test alert] FAILED Linux x86: stress

[Alexei Fedotov <al...@gmail.com>]

Stepan,

I believe the test suite run time is not be a factor which affects our
decision on a configuration which is used for the test run. Most of
stress tests have a duration of 30 seconds, regardless of the build
which is used for the testing. The total test suite run time is within
40 minutes.

You argument about testing binaries which are delivered to the
customer is pretty valid from my point of view. From the other side it
makes little sense to look for root enumeration errors with heap
validity asserts disabled. Does anyone see how can we resolve this
situation?

Thanks.

On 10/23/07, Stepan Mishura <st...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/23/07, Alexei Fedotov <al...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Stepan,
> > Are you a correct person to ask why a release build is used for stress
> > test runs in BTI/CC? I always thought that running tests on a debug
> > build may be useful because it also checks validity of assertions made
> > by a programmer.
>
> Alexei,
>
> A snapshot (i.e. release build) is delivered to the users/developers -
> IMO published binaries should be tested. Also please keep in mind
> execution time for testing - if we switch to debug build I'm afraid it
> will be impossible to test 3 snapshots per week.
>
> Thanks,
> Stepan.
>


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With best regards,
Alexei,
ESSD, Intel