Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH OSSTEST 11/12] Changes on test step of debain hvm guest install

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wei Liu writes ("Re: [PATCH OSSTEST 11/12] Changes on test step of debain hvm 
guest install"):
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 09:43:33AM +0000, Hu, Robert wrote:
> > For example, we don't understand the above why some (the first 2) 
> > passing params to ts-* with '+' and the latter 2 doesn't?
> 
> sg-run-job is written in tcl. I don't claim to be an expert on this
> language. I spent ~1.5 hour to grasp the basic and was able to decrypt
> this script. The manual and tutorial on tcl official website are quite
> helpful.
> 
> All those parameters are passed to the ts-* script. The "+" sign is a
> toggle to control if it should appear in the final report. Have a look
> at spawn-ts, or more preciously, around L123 (it may vary depending on
> your OSSTest tree changeset).

More precisely the `+' toggles whether the parameter becomes part of
the `testid', which is the unique identifier (within a job) for a
particular test step.

> If you look at the actual output of you script, you will see all
> parameters are passed to the script.

All except the `+', of course.

I'm sorry that the arguments to run-ts, spawn-ts, et al, are not
properly documented.  Thanks to Wei for explaining.

Ian.

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