430728 - runtests.py is out to get bz (path-to-libraries problem)

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Testing :: Mochitest, defect)

Description

[Mike Shaver (:shaver emeritus)]

17:03 <@bz> when I attach with gdb to the firefox process it starts...
17:03 <@bz> gdb can't find libxcom_core.so
17:04 <@bz> or rather ./../../../dist/etc/libxcom_core.so

17:04 < shaver> shouldn't gdb be able to find that?
17:04 < shaver> I guess not if the process chdir'd
17:04 <@bz> shaver: depends on where it's thinking it needs to start looking 
            from...
17:05 <@bz> fwiw, with runtests.pl, the path is

17:05 <@bz>  /home/bzbarsky/mozilla/vanilla/obj-firefox/_tests/testing/mochitest//../../../dist/bin/libxpcom_core.so
17:05 <@bz> which is eminently findable even by gdb

Comment 1

[Mike Shaver (:shaver emeritus)]

17:06 <@bz> fwiw, I just followed the directions in 
            http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Chrome_tests for running a 
            single test using --test-path

Comment 2

[(not currently active) Ted Mielczarek]

This is probably less of a problem with bug 480279, but I haven't actually tried to reproduce, so I'm not sure of the full scope.

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

I have no idea, since --debugger doesn't work over here.

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Though note that this bug was seen on Linux and now I'm on Mac; on Mac I can actually attach with gdb after starting the mochitest process (so this bug is worksforme on mac).