Setting an environment variable for C-C TB try job submission. How?
ISHIKAWA,chiaki
I would like to set environment variable for try-comm-central job
submission to test C-C TB using MOZ_LOG as necessary.
The idea is to obtain log from MOZ_LOG for failing tests of
try-comm-central on architectures that I don't test locally (Windows
and MacOSX).
I test locally under linux.
HOWEVER, so far I have found there does not seem to be an easy method to
enable environment variable setting for C-C TB try-comm-central job
submission if I am not mistaken.
M-C FF submission has it easy, though.
Fact 1: For M-C Firefox build/test submission, it seems the following
method works.
./mach try fuzzy --env MOZ_LOG=cubeb:4 [1]
However, this has never worked for C-C TB build/test submission as far
as I could tell.
Fact 2-a: Thunderbird document states the following command should be
used for try-comm-central submission.
hg push-to-try -s ssh://hg.mozilla.org/try-comm-central -m "try: -b
o -p all -u mochitest --artifact"
Unfortunately, this does not seem to accept --env option.
I have been using the following simpler form of the above method to
submit try-comm-central job since the method available for M-C firefox
build/test did not seem to work
for C-C thunderbird try submission. I experimented this several years ago.
hg push -f ssh://hg.mozilla.org/try-comm-central
(I have forgotten why I did not use |push-to-try|. Possibly it was
because it may not work (?) with hg MQ extension nicely.)
Fact 2-b: I reconfirmed |mach try --env FOOBAR=1| does not work for C-C TB.
I just experimented the day before to see if the situation has improved
and the method for m-c firefox works for TB. It has not.
I tried to run the command, but it tries to submit M-C job submission
instead. Not quite what I intended. |mach try| seems to be intended only
for M-C firefox try submission.
So it does NOT work for C-C TB at all.
In "comm" subdirectory:
../do-make-tb.sh try --env FOOBAR=1
This submitted the m-c firefox submission. :-(
(do-make-tb.sh is a shell script wrapper that sets various environment
variables for my local compilation and then invokes
|mach| which is under "mozilla" directory, a parent directory of "comm".)
So it seems as if there is no easy way to set environment variable(s)
for C-C TB try build/job submission.
Fact 3: Then I found the following description in [3]
Re-running tasks with custom parameters from Treeherder
...
Some of the parameters that you can change are (see screenshot above):
---> Environment variables (e.g. MOZ_LOG) <---- !!!!
Modify Python's logging level
Path of the test to execute
Gecko preferences (think of about:config)
Run a test repeatedly
Run until the test fails
It sounds nice, but given that |./mach try fuzzy --env MOZ_LOG=cubeb:4|
won't work for C-C TB, I have grave doubt if this works for C-C
try-comm-central job.
Q1: Does this feature to set environment variable work from the
treeherder menu work for C-C TB try-comm-central submission?
Q2: If it works, does one need an additional credential to invoke this
feature? Say, I can submit a try job today, but would I need an
additional credential to invoke such actions? I think I need additional
credential.
Please note that many features available for m-c firefox job submission
are missing for TB and I am afraid this is one of such features.
Thank you in advance for any guidance on this matter.
Chiaki
[1] Pushing to Try (for firefox)
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/tools/try/index.html
[2] Pushing to Try (for thunderbird)
https://github.com/thunderbird/developer-docs/blob/master/thunderbird-development/fixing-a-bug/try-server.md
[3] Re-running tasks with custom parameters from Treeherder
https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/TryServer
Rob Lemley
The situation with try-comm-central is truly awful if you want to do anything beyond submitting simple builds with “try syntax”. “mach try” has never worked in my time due to the two-repo dance for building Thunderbird.
Answers to your questions:
Q1: Does this feature to set environment variable work from the
treeherder menu work for C-C TB try-comm-central submission?
The wiki page you’re reading is rather dated. That particular method doesn’t exist any more.
There is however an undocumented argument to try-syntax that lets you set an arbitrary environment variable. Try:
try: -b o -p all -u none –setenv MOZ_LOG=cubeb:4
-Rob
On 6/15/24 11:12 PM, ISHIKAWA,chiaki wrote:
Hi,
I would like to set environment variable for try-comm-central
job
submission to test C-C TB using MOZ_LOG as necessary.
The idea is to obtain log from MOZ_LOG for failing tests of
try-comm-central on architectures that I don’t test locally
(Windows
and MacOSX).
I test locally under linux.
HOWEVER, so far I have found there does not seem to be an easy
method to
enable environment variable setting for C-C TB try-comm-central
job
submission if I am not mistaken.
M-C FF submission has it easy, though.
Fact 1: For M-C Firefox build/test submission, it seems the
following
method works.
./mach try fuzzy –env MOZ_LOG=cubeb:4 [1]
However, this has never worked for C-C TB build/test submission
as far
as I could tell.
Fact 2-a: Thunderbird document states the following command
should be
used for try-comm-central submission.
hg push-to-try -s ssh://hg.mozilla.org/try-comm-central -m
“try: -b
o -p all -u mochitest –artifact”
Unfortunately, this does not seem to accept –env option.
I have been using the following simpler form of the above
method to
submit try-comm-central job since the method available for M-C
firefox
build/test did not seem to work
for C-C thunderbird try submission. I experimented this several
years ago.
hg push -f ssh://hg.mozilla.org/try-comm-central
(I have forgotten why I did not use |push-to-try|. Possibly it
was
because it may not work (?) with hg MQ extension nicely.)
Fact 2-b: I reconfirmed |mach try –env FOOBAR=1| does not work for C-C TB.
I just experimented the day before to see if the situation has
improved
and the method for m-c firefox works for TB. It has not.
I tried to run the command, but it tries to submit M-C job
submission
instead. Not quite what I intended. |mach try| seems to be
intended only
for M-C firefox try submission.
So it does NOT work for C-C TB at all.
In “comm” subdirectory:
../do-make-tb.sh try –env FOOBAR=1
This submitted the m-c firefox submission. :-(
(do-make-tb.sh is a shell script wrapper that sets various
environment
variables for my local compilation and then invokes
|mach| which is under “mozilla” directory, a parent directory of
“comm”.)
So it seems as if there is no easy way to set environment
variable(s)
for C-C TB try build/job submission.
Fact 3: Then I found the following description in [3]
Re-running tasks with custom parameters from Treeherder
…
Some of the parameters that you can change are (see screenshot above):
-→ Environment variables (e.g. MOZ_LOG) ←– !!!!
Modify Python’s logging level
Path of the test to execute
Gecko preferences (think of about:config)
Run a test repeatedly
Run until the test fails
It sounds nice, but given that |./mach try fuzzy –env MOZ_LOG=cubeb:4|
won’t work for C-C TB, I have grave doubt if this works for C-C
try-comm-central job.
Q1: Does this feature to set environment variable work from the
treeherder menu work for C-C TB try-comm-central submission?
Q2: If it works, does one need an additional credential to
invoke this
feature? Say, I can submit a try job today, but would I need an
additional credential to invoke such actions? I think I need
additional
credential.
Please note that many features available for m-c firefox job
submission
are missing for TB and I am afraid this is one of such features.
Thank you in advance for any guidance on this matter.
Chiaki
[1] Pushing to Try (for firefox)
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/tools/try/index.html
[2] Pushing to Try (for thunderbird)
https://github.com/thunderbird/developer-docs/blob/master/thunderbird-development/fixing-a-bug/try-server.md
[3] Re-running tasks with custom parameters from Treeherder
https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/TryServer
–
Rob Lemley
Thunderbird Release Engineer
r...@thunderbird.net - :rjl
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ISHIKAWA,chiaki
Thank you again for the tips.
But now I have a problem which is unrelated to this issue.
I will post another question.
Chiaki
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