[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 21784] New: [GTK] Make layout tests / jsc tests usable without build-webkit

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21784

           Summary: [GTK] Make layout tests / jsc tests usable without
                    build-webkit
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: Gtk
          Severity: Minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: Tools / Tests
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: alp at nuanti.com
                CC: mrowe at apple.com


The build-webkit script is rarely used by GTK+ port developers as the port uses
autotools.

The DRT and JavaScriptCore test drivers currently expect the built products
(binaries) to be where build-webkit puts them, which is fine and useful for the
build bot harness. This is not a good default for most developers though.

I've had some success with this command line:

~/Projects/webkit/ng/build$ ../webkit/WebKitTools/Scripts/run-webkit-tests
--root=. --gtk --strict

I don't remember the command to run the JS tests off hand, but it was similar.
This is probably very non-obvious to casual WebKit GTK+ contributors (and
distribution packagers, for whom we need to make it really easy to run the
tests before they ship their binaries).

I think the output directory of results was also not ideal (maybe it was
littering srcdir?).

We need to modify the scripts to make this more obvious and/or document the
correct invocation of the commands for this use case.


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