Bug 15665

Summary:	consider adding xfstests-dev
Product:	buildroot	Reporter:	stsp <stsp2>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	unassigned
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	buildroot
Priority:	P5
Version:	2023.05
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Host:		Target:
Build:

Description stsp 2023-06-25 07:11:59 UTC

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfstests-dev.git

These tests are used for CI-testing
of linux kernel at kernel.org.
Any changes to fs/* require updating
these tests.
Would it be possible to add this as
a package? It would really help to use
buildroot as a platform for making
kernel patches.

Comment 1 Yann E. MORIN 2023-06-25 07:59:23 UTC

stsp, all,

> Would it be possible to add [xfstests-dev] as a package?

Yes, please feel free to send a patch adding it. See the manual:
    https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#adding-packages

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

Comment 2 stsp 2023-06-27 07:52:09 UTC

These tests use mkfs command.
which seems not provided under
buildroot. I have individual
mkfs.<fsname> commands, but the
mkfs frontend is missing.
How to "fix" that?

Comment 3 Andreas Ziegler 2023-06-27 12:02:41 UTC

Activate System tools -> util-linux -> basic set: 

config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES
	bool "basic set"
	  ...
	help
	  Install the basic set of util-linux binaries.

	  blkdiscard, blkid, blockdev, chcpu, choom, col, colcrt, colrm,
	  column, ctrlaltdel, dmesg, fdisk, fincore, findfs, findmnt,
	  flock, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, ipcmk, isosize,
	  ldattach, look, lsblk, lscpu, lsipc, lslocks, lsns, mcookie,
	  mkfs, mkswap, namei, prlimit, readprofile, renice, rev,
	  rtcwake, script, scriptlive, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid,
	  sfdisk, swaplabel, swapoff, swapon, uuidgen, uuidparse,
	  whereis, wipefs
	  ...

Comment 4 stsp 2023-06-27 15:04:24 UTC

Thanks!
I had to do util-linux-dirclean first,
for this to take an effect, but it worked.

Comment 5 stsp 2023-06-27 15:27:44 UTC

Is there a similar trick to enable
native readlink? busybox's readlink
is not suitable.

Comment 6 Yann E. MORIN 2023-06-27 17:49:25 UTC

stsp, All,

> Is there a similar trick to enable native readlink?

readlink is from coreutils.

Since this report is about adding a new package, I'm closing it. Discussion
about development of new features is to be had on the mailing list.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

Comment 7 stsp 2023-06-27 17:53:51 UTC

But isn't working out the dependencies
is a fundamental part of adding the package?
I was asking about readlink and mkfs
exactly because xfstests-dev uses them and
is unsatisfied with the ones from busybox.

Comment 8 Yann E. MORIN 2023-06-27 20:02:38 UTC

stsp, All,

> But isn't working out the dependencies is a fundamental part of adding
> the package?

Yes, but discussion about adding a new package, and about the issues while
doing so, are to be discussed on the mailing list, not in the bug tracker.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.