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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2009-02-24 02:45:35 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2009-02-24 02:45:35 (GMT)
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update README on running tests
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@@ -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.