Cdash

The libarchive project relies on volunteers for development. One way you can contribute is to run a regular libarchive test on your system with the results being fed back automatically to the my.cdash.org website.

This is simple to do: The CTest program (part of the CMake package) is a complete script interpreter that is capable of checking out source from Git and driving a fresh build. Using the scripts in this directory, you can quickly set up an automatic build and test of libarchive.

Step 0: Install cmake 2.8.12 or later on your system. You can use 'ctest --version' to check what version is installed.

Step 1: Customize libarchive_test.cmake for your system.

• PLEASE include your email address so we can contact you if we need additional details.
• For most POSIX/UNIX/LINUX/BSD systems, you should only need to set the CTEST_SITE and CTEST_BUILD_NAME variables.
• The libarchive_common.cmake script documents other variables you may want to set.

Step 2: Create a suitable directory on your system and copy libarchive_test.cmake and libarchive_common.cmake to it.

Step 3: Test your build by running the following command:

$ ctest -V -S /full/path/to/libarchive_test.cmake

Step 4: Check the website to see if your results are showing up correctly http://my.cdash.org/index.php?project=libarchive

Step 5: When all is ready, arrange for the ctest command line above to be run daily as a scheduled task or via cron.