[webkit-help] how to run Layout tests

[thouraya andolsi]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your explanation.

>When ever you run the tests on a new platform any thing other than Leopard,
we will have to generate new "-expected" files. This is called
Rebase-lining. Do >this only if you are sure about the obtained out-put and
it is correct output. Rebase-lining is nothing but copying the "correct"
actual outputs of the tests to >respective expected files. You can do this
using --reset-results option also. But check upstream if they are broken in
actual webkit also before rebase-lining.

How to do the rebase-lining ?
Is there a command line to do it ?

running "run-webkit-tests --gtk --skipped=ignore --no-launch-safari
 --root=$ROOT css1 --reset-results" it will regenerate the expected files.
But how the be sure that tests are passing when running "run-webkit-tests
--gtk --skipped=ignore --no-launch-safari  --root=$ROOT css1"?
May be all the tests will pass successfully  since we are generating
expected results?


>But check upstream if they are broken in actual webkit also before
rebase-lining.
How to do it.


Thanks in advance.
Thouraya.


2011/6/3 SravanKumar Sandela <sravan.ken at gmail.com>

> Hi Thouraya,
>
> The output you mentioned "tests had incorrect layout.", might get
> generated when you run them on a platform other than Leapard, as the checked
> in results are the out-puts generated by running the tests on Mac
> Leopard platform. Hence when you run the tests the actual output will be
> compared w.r.t their corresponding "-expected" files and if there is a
> mis-match then the script would throw this kind of output.
>
> Coming to your second question "how to run layout tests?
> should I regenerate expected tests using the option --reset-results or not?
> "
>
> When ever you run the tests on a new platform any thing other than Leopard,
> we will have to generate new "-expected" files. This is called
> Rebase-lining. Do this only if you are sure about the obtained out-put and
> it is correct output. Rebase-lining is nothing but copying the "correct"
> actual outputs of the tests to respective expected files. You can do this
> using --reset-results option also. But check upstream if they are broken in
> actual webkit also before rebase-lining.
>
> Hope this information helps.
>
> Regards,
> -Sravan
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:56 PM, thouraya andolsi <
> thouraya.andolsi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I compiled webkit for Gtk/Directfb backend.
>> Trying to run css1 layout tests using the following command line
>> "run-webkit-tests --gtk --skipped=ignore --no-launch-safari  --root=$ROOT
>> css1"  I get : tests had incorrect layout.
>>
>> how to run layout tests?
>> should I regenerate expected tests using the option --reset-results or
>> not?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Thouraya.
>>
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