Contributed by sean on from the quality on the quantity dept.
In order to make the coming 4.0 release the best yet, porters are calling for users to test the latest snapshot packages and the ports tree itself.
Make sure you report every problem you encounter.
Thank you.
Editor's note:Packages compiling successfully are only one part of the ports equation. Actually using the installed ports and validating them at run time is just as important as insuring the damned things compile cleanly in the first place. Compound this with the ever increasing number of ports and you get the bi-yearly problem of testing ports. Please, at the very minimum try out the ports you use and rely on.
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By David Chisnall (137.44.2.39) on
If you are testing an port against 4.0 then please try to spend a little while testing it before you modify the config files.
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By Anonymous Coward (84.134.42.193) on
Install them, uninstall them, if you've a virgin test system with no pacakges installed, check wether all dependencies work, etc...
For example, qt4 doesn't cleanly uninstall (I'm just rebuilding it to test with a changed PLIST).
By Anonymous Coward (193.85.68.235) on
...but could you apply patch sent in @ports to add -fastcgi flavor in php5?
Thanks a lot.
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By David Chisnall (137.44.2.39) on
Seconded. Trying to run PHP and Lighttpd with the default packages is quite painful at the moment. I would love to have this Just Work™.
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By Anonymous Coward (82.195.149.9) on
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> Seconded. Trying to run PHP and Lighttpd with the default packages is quite painful at the moment. I would love to have this Just Work™.
Ports is in lock. I think the chances of this making it in before release are slim. Press for inclusion after unlock.
By aki (70.109.181.118) on http://blowfishbsd.blogspot.com/
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> ...but could you apply patch sent in @ports to add -fastcgi flavor in php5?
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> Thanks a lot.
How To is here
http://blowfishbsd.blogspot.com/
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By Anonymous Coward (193.85.68.235) on
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> > ...but could you apply patch sent in @ports to add -fastcgi flavor in php5?
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> > Thanks a lot.
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> How To is here
> http://blowfishbsd.blogspot.com/
howto with apache? :) chrooted apache, suexec, php5-fastcgi...
jirib
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By Anonymous Coward (193.85.68.235) on
i would really appreciate it as apache 1.3.x is in base and all apache modules in ports are ready for this version...
compiling manually apache2 works, but don't we want to get everything working out-of-box? :)
jirib
By Sonny (67.41.143.194) on
Is there any more info on how to set up my own regression tests, or how the developers use regression testing and how it coule be used by users to provide helpful feedback? I'm thinking it may be easier for them to test it, rather than try to answer all the questions from users whow misunderstand the results.
Right now, one of my systems is having trouble with bounces on the /etc/daily messages, and I would like to run tests to figure out where either I messed up or there is a bug. Wouldn't a regression test help to figure out if there was a problem with dns, config or other?