[GAP Forum] TestPackage and arbitrary message

[Christopher Jefferson]

Not at the moment, but this is an area where I think we need to improve our output.

I would suggest writing a bug report on github.com/gap-system/gap , with a suggested new output. You could even work on a patch if you like.

Chris




On 29/04/2016, 20:04, "forum-bounces at gap-system.org on behalf of z060822400814a at rezozer.net" <forum-bounces at gap-system.org on behalf of z060822400814a at rezozer.net> wrote:

>Hello Forum:
>
>I am looking for a GAP way to perform GAP package installation tests with reproducible output
>(as in Test files, section 7.9 in the Reference Manual): TestPackage is certainly what
>I am looking for. Unfortunately, TestPackage outputs arbitrary messages (or not) when
>the tests succeed, something as:
>
>	GRAPE package: testall.tst
>	GAP4stones: 6
>
>where the stones number is arbitrary (as CPU time can be) ---
>and sometime, there is no message at all. In practice, I place the TestPackage
>in a Test file (see above) and I launch something as
>
>	echo "QUIT_GAP(Test(\"d/t/makecheck.tst\"));" | gap -A -q -T
>
>Is there a way to silence TestPackage in case of success ?
>
>For now, I use TestDirectory :
>
>	 echo "QUIT_GAP(TestDirectory(\"d/t\"));" | gap -A -q -T
>
>which seems to be blind to these messages.
>
>Thanks,
>Jerome
> 
>
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