From @tbrowder

When working in a rakudo dev environment on a PR it would be very helpful to work on the associated tests at the same time. One way is to have a suitable build option to Configure.pl, e.g.,

+ Use a suitably defined env var (say. ROAST_LOCAL_REPO_DIR)​:

  $ perl Configure.pl --gen-moar --gen-nqp --backends=moar \
  --local-roast-repo

or an explicit path​:

  $ perl Configure.pl --gen-moar --gen-nqp --backends=moar \
  --local-roast-repo=/path/to/roast/repo

and do the magic behind the scenes to generate make accordingly.

A quick look at the rakudo/tools dir suggests that a new tools/build/Makefile-common-rules-local-roast.in could be a full replacement for "Makefile-common-rules.in", suitably modified, if the local roast option were used.

From @coke

On Sat Jul 02 05​:50​:21 2016, tom.browder@​gmail.com wrote​:

When working in a rakudo dev environment on a PR it would be very
helpful to work on the associated tests at the same time. One way is
to have a suitable build option to Configure.pl, e.g.,

+ Use a suitably defined env var (say. ROAST_LOCAL_REPO_DIR)​:

$ perl Configure.pl --gen-moar --gen-nqp --backends=moar \
--local-roast-repo

or an explicit path​:

$ perl Configure.pl --gen-moar --gen-nqp --backends=moar \
--local-roast-repo=/path/to/roast/repo

and do the magic behind the scenes to generate make accordingly.

A quick look at the rakudo/tools dir suggests that a new
tools/build/Makefile-common-rules-local-roast.in could be a full
replacement for "Makefile-common-rules.in", suitably modified, if the
local roast option were used.

When I need to work on rakudo & spec tests simultaneously, I do a writable git clone of roast into t/spec inside the rakudo build dir.

When you run "make stresstest" or "make spectest", it uses the version you already have checked out, instead of trying to grab a new copy.
--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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From @zoffixznet

Closing as per http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2016-07-08#i_12808727

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