Running python's own unit tests?

[Russell E. Owen]

I'm building python from source and trying to figure out how to test the
result. I must be overlooking something obvious, but I looked through
the documentation and source and tried some google searches (which turn
up plenty about writing unit tests in python, but nothing about testing
a python distribution).

Any hints?

-- Russell

[Tim Golden]

http://docs.python.org/devguide/

TJG

[Zachary Ware]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Russell E. Owen <ro...@uw.edu> wrote:
> I'm building python from source and trying to figure out how to test the
> result. I must be overlooking something obvious, but I looked through
> the documentation and source and tried some google searches (which turn
> up plenty about writing unit tests in python, but nothing about testing
> a python distribution).
>
> Any hints?

`python -m test -uall` will test everything (where 'python' invokes
the interpreter you built, which may be "python_d.exe" on Windows if
you built in Debug mode, or "python.exe" on OSX). If you're testing
2.7, '-m test' needs to be '-m test.regrtest'.

For any further detail, check Tim's link to the devguide, specifically
the chapter on running tests.

--
Zach

[Tim Golden]

Sorry if I seemed a bit terse; I was just on my way downstairs. But the
front page his quite neat instructions for building and testing on most
platforms.

TJG

[Terry Reedy]

On 11/14/2013 2:12 PM, Russell E. Owen wrote:
> I'm building python from source and trying to figure out how to test the
> result. I must be overlooking something obvious, but I looked through
> the documentation and source and tried some google searches (which turn
> up plenty about writing unit tests in python, but nothing about testing
> a python distribution).
>
> Any hints?

http://docs.python.org/3/library/test.html#running-tests-using-the-command-line-interface

Or 2.7 equivalent.

--
Terry Jan Reedy

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <5285223...@timgolden.me.uk>,
Tim Golden <ma...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote:

> http://docs.python.org/devguide/

Thank you and the other responders. I was expecting to find the
information here <http://docs.python.org/2/using/unix.html> under
Building Python. The developer's guide is a nice resource.

-- Russell

[Tim Golden]

There's probably a case for referring to the dev guide from that page
under "Building Python". I'll propose a patch.

TJG