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stdenv: Force doCheck and doInstallCheck to be false when we are cross compiling

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I hope this will be a temporary measure. If there is consensus around
issue #33599, then we can follow an explicit `dontCheck`, but default to
not checking during cross builds when none is given.
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John Ericson
2018-01-08 01:33:35 -05:00
parent b2cbffae64
commit 4e907dbca1
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@@ -995,13 +995,14 @@ but only if the <varname>doCheck</varname> variable is enabled.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>doCheck</varname></term>
<listitem><para>If set to a non-empty string, the check phase is
executed, otherwise it is skipped (default). Thus you should set
<programlisting>
doCheck = true;</programlisting>
in the derivation to enable checks.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Controls whether the check phase is executed.
By default it is skipped, but if <varname>doCheck</varname> is set to true, the check phase is usually executed.
Thus you should set <programlisting>doCheck = true;</programlisting> in the derivation to enable checks.
The exception is cross compilation.
Cross compiled builds never run tests, no matter how <varname>doCheck</varname> is set,
as the newly-built program won't run on the platform used to build it.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -1280,12 +1281,14 @@ installcheck</command>.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>doInstallCheck</varname></term>
<listitem><para>If set to a non-empty string, the installCheck phase is
executed, otherwise it is skipped (default). Thus you should set
<programlisting>doInstallCheck = true;</programlisting>
in the derivation to enable install checks.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Controls whether the installCheck phase is executed.
By default it is skipped, but if <varname>doInstallCheck</varname> is set to true, the installCheck phase is usually executed.
Thus you should set <programlisting>doInstallCheck = true;</programlisting> in the derivation to enable install checks.
The exception is cross compilation.
Cross compiled builds never run tests, no matter how <varname>doInstallCheck</varname> is set,
as the newly-built program won't run on the platform used to build it.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>