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authorSkip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com>2024-12-10 08:17:25 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2024-12-10 08:17:25 (GMT)
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add help blurb for "extralargefile" (#127710)
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diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/cmdline.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/cmdline.py
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+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/cmdline.py
@@ -87,38 +87,40 @@ such as those requiring large file support or network connectivity.
The argument is a comma-separated list of words indicating the
resources to test. Currently only the following are defined:
- all - Enable all special resources.
+ all - Enable all special resources.
- none - Disable all special resources (this is the default).
+ none - Disable all special resources (this is the default).
- audio - Tests that use the audio device. (There are known
- cases of broken audio drivers that can crash Python or
- even the Linux kernel.)
+ audio - Tests that use the audio device. (There are known
+ cases of broken audio drivers that can crash Python or
+ even the Linux kernel.)
- curses - Tests that use curses and will modify the terminal's
- state and output modes.
+ curses - Tests that use curses and will modify the terminal's
+ state and output modes.
- largefile - It is okay to run some test that may create huge
- files. These tests can take a long time and may
- consume >2 GiB of disk space temporarily.
+ largefile - It is okay to run some test that may create huge
+ files. These tests can take a long time and may
+ consume >2 GiB of disk space temporarily.
- network - It is okay to run tests that use external network
- resource, e.g. testing SSL support for sockets.
+ extralargefile - Like 'largefile', but even larger (and slower).
- decimal - Test the decimal module against a large suite that
- verifies compliance with standards.
+ network - It is okay to run tests that use external network
+ resource, e.g. testing SSL support for sockets.
- cpu - Used for certain CPU-heavy tests.
+ decimal - Test the decimal module against a large suite that
+ verifies compliance with standards.
- walltime - Long running but not CPU-bound tests.
+ cpu - Used for certain CPU-heavy tests.
- subprocess Run all tests for the subprocess module.
+ walltime - Long running but not CPU-bound tests.
- urlfetch - It is okay to download files required on testing.
+ subprocess Run all tests for the subprocess module.
- gui - Run tests that require a running GUI.
+ urlfetch - It is okay to download files required on testing.
- tzdata - Run tests that require timezone data.
+ gui - Run tests that require a running GUI.
+
+ tzdata - Run tests that require timezone data.
To enable all resources except one, use '-uall,-<resource>'. For
example, to run all the tests except for the gui tests, give the