Re: [pcp] pcp2rrdtool qa/926 tweak

[Martins Innus <minnus@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken,

On 3/6/15 1:25 AM, Ken McDonell wrote:
> As a note to everyone ...
>
> If you add data files (including archives) to the QA suite, it is _really_
> helpful to first create a script that creates the data files (even if it
> will only run in some exotic environment), checkin the script, then use the
> script to make the data file(s) and finally checkin the data file(s).  If
> the script needs special love to run it, encode this in the GNUmakefile with
> a target that will never be "made" by the usual build.
>
> This way everyone can see how the data file was created (it is sometimes the
> only way to judge if a particular QA test is producing the expected output),
> and as needs dictate new versions of the data files can be generated.
>
> For examples see qa/src/mk* and qa/archives/mk.*
Thanks for the tip.  I found a mk* file that I modified for this purpose.

Martins