Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] scripts: introduce a script for build test

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthony PERARD writes ("Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: introduce a script for build 
test"):
> That feels wrong. How do I run the same exact command at the default
> one, but with -j8 instead of -j4?

 .../build-test sh -ec make -j4 distclean && ./configure && make -j4

But I think Anthony has a point.  The clean should 1. be git-clean,
not make distclean 2. be run anyway.

> > +echo "Restoring original HEAD"
> > +git checkout $ORIG_BRANCH
> 
> Also, what a developper should do when the build fail?  She can't modify
> the current code, because changes are going to be losts.  Maybe we could
> trap failures, restore original HEAD and point out which commit fails to
> build.

IWBNI it would at least print the branch to checkout.  Tools like "git
bisect" record the information in .git and allow "git bisect reset".

Ian.

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