Re^2: Where should (or could) a distribution override HARNESS_OPTIONS?

[davido]

Thanks for pointing this out.

You could very easily be right with respect to gcc being allowed to run in parallel. That means we've got another problem. I can't speak for Inline::C's test suite, but I can say that no Inline::CPP test is intentionally reliant on any other test. And to answer your question, Inline::CPP generates within an _Inline directory a new subdirectory for each build's files. Nevertheless, there must be some resource that is getting clobbered, and I should be investigating that instead of looking for a means of preventing parallel testing. More research needed in that area, it seems.

Let's put the Inline::CPP example aside for a moment then, and let the original question stand without any strong example of a module that fits that infinitesimally small category. :)

[afoken]

Inline::CPP generates within an _Inline directory a new subdirectory for each build's files.

What is a "build" in this context? I.e. do we have one subdirectory per invokation of a test script, one subdirectory per test script, or one per Inline::CPP version? How are the names of the subdirectories calculated (what are the input parameters for the function that returns the subdirectory name)?

Idea behind the last question: two test scripts, both use a common module that uses Inline:CPP, subdirectory name depends only on that module. Two gccs fight in the same subdirectory.

(I should really install some Inline::* modules. But it's 6:30 am and it will be a long day at $work. No time for fun ...)

Alexander

[Anonymous Monk]

"build" refers to Inline creating a module in _Inline (like h2xs) and making it at use/BEGIN time (perl Makefile.PL/make install), before your program runs, ex

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subsequent runs don't "build"

unless the c-source changes

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The resulting directory structure

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The _Inline/build directory usually gets cleaned up, but not for notdef.pl

notdef.pl also NAME's the module, so its name doesn't change, but def.pl doesn't NAME the module, so a name is derived from the filename (def.pl) and the md5 sum of the c-source code

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Now, can two copies of notdef.pl run simultaneously? Lets see

First cleanup  $ rm -rfv _Inline

And one copy will trip over the other and die , the other will continue normally

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Now I'm not sure what scenario davido is talking about in the OP, but I hope this helps

FWIW, def.pl/notdef.pl are derived from XS: returning a 64-bit unsigned int?/Re: Inline::C with multiple *.c