[vtk-developers] ctest and ctest -D Experimental give different results with VTK_DEBUG_LEAKS ON

David Cole david.cole at kitware.com
Fri Jun 25 11:56:10 EDT 2010


Yes, this is how it's supposed to work.

The leaks are intentionally only detected as "test failures" when running a
dashboard.

Now that I'm saying this, though, I can't remember what the good reason was
behind that intent. :-)


Cheers,
David


On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Nicolas Rannou <
nicolas_rannou at hms.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I experienced a strange behaviour using ctest and I was wondering if it is
> a bug or the normal behaviour.
>
> 1) Build VTK with VTK_DEBUG_LEAKS to ON
> 2) Create a vtk leak  in the test.
> 3) Run ctest on my machine, it tells me the test passed (doesn't catch vtk
> leaks).
>
> $ ctest -R 3d
>
> Test project /Users/nr52/workspace/gofigure2
>    Start  2: imageview3dTest
> 1/6 Test  #2: imageview3dTest ..................   Passed    0.76 sec
>    Start  3: vtkviewimage3dtest
> 2/6 Test  #3: vtkviewimage3dtest ...............   Passed    0.33 sec
>    Start 31: qgoimageview3dTest
> 3/6 Test #31: qgoimageview3dTest ...............   Passed    2.66 sec
>    Start 37: qgotabimageview3dTest
> 4/6 Test #37: qgotabimageview3dTest ............   Passed    2.47 sec
>    Start 38: qgotabimageview3dwtTest
> 5/6 Test #38: qgotabimageview3dwtTest ..........   Passed    3.80 sec
>    Start 50: qgotabimageview3dwtTest2
> 6/6 Test #50: qgotabimageview3dwtTest2 .........   Passed    3.66 sec
>
> 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 6
>
> Total Test time (real) =  13.70 sec
>
> 4) Run ctest -D Experimental to submit the test on the dashboard, it says
> the test is failing and reports the vtk leaks if you check on the dashboard.
> (http://my.cdash.org/viewTest.php?onlyfailed&buildid=77416)
>
> $ ctest -D Experimental -R 3d
>
>   Site: starfish.megason-lab.hms
>   Build name: OSX-10.5-gcc4.0.1
> Create new tag: 20100625-1503 - Experimental
> Configure project
>   Each . represents 1024 bytes of output
>    . Size of output: 0K
> Build project
>   Each symbol represents 1024 bytes of output.
>   '!' represents an error and '*' a warning.
>    .*..... Size of output: 6K
>   0 Compiler errors
>   1 Compiler warnings
> Test project /Users/nr52/workspace/gofigure2
>    Start  2: imageview3dTest
> 1/6 Test  #2: imageview3dTest ..................   Passed    0.85 sec
>    Start  3: vtkviewimage3dtest
> 2/6 Test  #3: vtkviewimage3dtest ...............   Passed    0.29 sec
>    Start 31: qgoimageview3dTest
> 3/6 Test #31: qgoimageview3dTest ...............***Failed    2.60 sec
>    Start 37: qgotabimageview3dTest
> 4/6 Test #37: qgotabimageview3dTest ............   Passed    2.08 sec
>    Start 38: qgotabimageview3dwtTest
> 5/6 Test #38: qgotabimageview3dwtTest ..........   Passed    3.27 sec
>    Start 50: qgotabimageview3dwtTest2
> 6/6 Test #50: qgotabimageview3dwtTest2 .........***Failed    3.21 sec
>
> 67% tests passed, 2 tests failed out of 6
>
> Total Test time (real) =  12.32 sec
>
> The following tests FAILED:
>         31 - qgoimageview3dTest (Failed)
>         50 - qgotabimageview3dwtTest2 (Failed)
> Performing coverage
>  Cannot find any coverage files. Ignoring Coverage request.
> Submit files (using http)
>   Using HTTP submit method
>   Drop site:http://my.cdash.org/submit.php?project=GoFigure2
>   Uploaded: /Users/nr52/workspace/gofigure2/Testing/20100625-1503/Build.xml
>   Uploaded:
> /Users/nr52/workspace/gofigure2/Testing/20100625-1503/Configure.xml
>   Uploaded: /Users/nr52/workspace/gofigure2/Testing/20100625-1503/Test.xml
>   Submission successful
> Errors while running CTest
>
>
> Is it how it is supposed to work?
>
> Thanks,
>
>    Nicolas
>
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