From a18736b5d2cb8d6141456c40d7d2e762b04a31b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Peterson Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:45:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update README on running tests --- README | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index ba971eaf63..73550c86b3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -945,11 +945,14 @@ that are not yet using glibc 6), test_strftime fails due to a non-standard implementation of strftime() in the C library. Please ignore this, or upgrade to glibc version 6. +By default, tests are prevented from overusing resources like disk space and +memory. To enable these tests, run "make testall". + IMPORTANT: If the tests fail and you decide to mail a bug report, *don't* include the output of "make test". It is useless. Run the failing test manually, as follows: - ./python ./Lib/test/test_whatever.py + ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -v test_whatever (substituting the top of the source tree for '.' if you built in a different directory). This runs the test in verbose mode. -- 2.50.1