Running cl-test-grid on Android?

[polos...@gmail.com]

Hi,

for the upcoming new release of ECL I would like to run cl-test-grid on Android; currently it fails trying to start a new ECL process, because I'm not allowed to run an executable on a non jail-broken device.

I also can't just use termux and install their ECL, because it's (obviously) not the release candidate of current ECL...

Any clue? Did anyone try this in the past?

Thanks,

Paul

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On 1/1/20, polos...@gmail.com <polos...@gmail.com> wrote:
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answering myself: I just stumbled on this project:
https://github.com/plops/ecl-termux-binary/
so I will just try that path; should work!

Paul

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On 1/1/20, PR <polos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> answering myself: I just stumbled on this project:
> https://github.com/plops/ecl-termux-binary/
> so I will just try that path; should work!

...so, since I'm new to cl-test-grid: how would you go to run it on
android? I'm currently trying to run it in termux (a very good
terminal emulator for android).

What I already succeeded in is: compiling ECL release candidate
(directly on the phone); starting cl-test-grid; but then it fails
trying to read a response file.

Now: as I understand it, cl-test-grid is supposed to work only running
in CCL, which is (to my knowledge) not available on android...; am I
left alone here in porting some failing parts from CCL to ECL? Seems
so... (the docu states that it's known to work only running through
CCL...)

[polos...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 10:29:53 PM UTC+1, PR wrote:

On 1/1/20, PR wrote:
[...]

Ok, I figured how to run 'cl-test-grid' successfully on android.
In the end I didn't use termux (which is not really native android, but a linux emulator).

Cross-compiled executables run just fine in '/data/local/tmp/' on android, but I needed to adapt the 'run-agent.*' files.

Here https://pastebin.com/byE8hSTz you can find instructions and the modified files. Since I'm using the ECL bytecode-compiler, I will certainly need to adapt the timeouts.
Currently it seems to run fine...

Paul

[Anton Vodonosov]

Hi, that's interesting.

Notre, the agent code (test-grid-agent.asd - the main program run by the run-agent script) is only tested on CCL and may have problems when run by another lisp.

Yes, timeouts may be a problem (see agent/lisp-exe.lisp), killing a process tree also; and in general, the external-program library is not very portable. 

I can't provide a full list of possible problems, testing is needed.

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On 1/1/20, PR <polos...@gmail.com> wrote:

> [...]

ok, I figured how to start 'cl-test-grid' successfully on android.

In the end I didn't use termux (which is not really native android,
but a linux emulator).

Cross-compiled executables run just fine in '/data/local/tmp/' on
android, but I needed to adapt the 'run-agent.*' files.

Attached you can find instructions and the modified files. Since I'm

[PR]

thanks for your input, I face several problems right now (will take
some time to fix):

- sloooow (it would probably take 50+ hours to finish all tests)
- quite a few systems can't be loaded successfully because of
case-sensitive file names which are interpreted incorrectly
- (obviously) some systems can't be loaded because of missing C
libraries, missing C compiler...

But I was positively surprised by how many systems are just loading fine!

I still need to find the time to finish all tests though...

Paul

[Anton Vodonosov]

What device do you use? Is it a phone, or some single-board computer (a-la raspberry PI)?

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On 1/4/20, Anton Vodonosov <avodo...@yandex.ru> wrote:
> What device do you use? Is it a phone, or some single-board computer (a-la
> raspberry PI)?

I use a phone from 2017 running android 8.1 (that's the fastest device I have).