Re: [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: add more explanation for ptest-related tasks

"Antonin Godard" <[email protected]> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:54:08 +0200
Newsgroups org.yoctoproject.lists.docs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On Thu Jun 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
[...]
>  ``do_install_ptest_base``
>  -------------------------
>
> -Copies the runtime test suite files from the compilation directory to a
> -holding area.
> +As defined in the :ref:`ref-classes-ptest` class, this task contains generic
> +installation code that will be invoked for all ptest-enabled recipes to
> +install the associated ptest package::
> +
> +   do_install_ptest_base() {
> +      if [ -f ${UNPACKDIR}/run-ptest ]; then
> +         install -D ${UNPACKDIR}/run-ptest ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/run-ptest
> +      fi
> +
> +      grep -q install-ptest: Makefile 2>/dev/null && oe_runmake DESTDIR=${D}${PTEST_PATH} install-ptest
> +
> +      do_install_ptest
> +
> +      ... snip ...
> +
> +   }

I am reluctant to include copy-pasted code-snippets from OE-Core, they change
over time and add maintenance burden. Can you remove it?

Antonin