[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 39621] New: [EasyHack] Make unit tests easier to debug

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39621

           Summary: [EasyHack] Make unit tests easier to debug
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Libreoffice
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: bjoern.michaelsen at canonical.com


=== Make unit tests easier to debug ===

'''Background:''' Our in-code unit tests are wonderful tools for catching bugs,
but sometimes they fail on different platforms and for different users (this
helps us catch bugs). Unfortunately, people are unaware that they need to get a
stack trace by doing:

build -- debugcppunit=t

So - we should add a wrapper script around all cppunit tests, that tells people
about this magic option if the test fails. See solenv/inc/settings.mk's
CPPUNITTESTER= assignment, and GDBCPPUNITTRACE pieces. We should probably use
something similar to solenv/bin/build.pl's warning on failure (including
sourcing the environment), to make it easy to cut/paste the right lines.

'''Skills:''' perl, dmake

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