Re: [PATCH] qemu-iotests: move check-block back to Makefiles

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 02/09/20 10:19, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 04:00:46AM -0400, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> check-block has its own test harness, unlike every other test.  If
>> we capture its output, as is in general nicer to do without V=1,
>> there will be no sign of progress.  So for lack of a better option
>> just move the invocation of the test back to Makefile rules.
> 
> I expect the correct long term solution here is to stop using the
> check-block.sh script.  Instead have code which sets up each
> of the I/O tests as an explicit test target in meson. We could
> use meson's test grouping features too.

I'm not sure, "check-acceptance" will never be integrated in Meson, and
it may well be the same for "check-block".  Actually I wonder if Avocado
would be a better check-block.sh than check-block.sh.

Paolo