From 8b1a26864c875c956bf16c4869eaa8b6c80cd9ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Diego Biurrun Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:14:14 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] faq: Solutions for common problems with sample paths when running FATE. --- doc/faq.texi | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/faq.texi b/doc/faq.texi index 8044200987..7c5373c437 100644 --- a/doc/faq.texi +++ b/doc/faq.texi @@ -359,4 +359,16 @@ to use them you have to append -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS to your CXXFLAGS You have to implement a URLProtocol, see @file{libavformat/file.c} in Libav and @file{libmpdemux/demux_lavf.c} in MPlayer sources. +@section Why is @code{make fate} not running all tests? + +Make sure you have the fate-suite samples and the @code{SAMPLES} Make variable +or @code{FATE_SAMPLES} environment variable or the @code{--samples} +@command{configure} option is set to the right path. + +@section Why is @code{make fate} not finding the samples? + +Do you happen to have a @code{~} character in the samples path to indicate a +home directory? The value is used in ways where the shell cannot expand it, +causing FATE to not find files. Just replace @code{~} by the full path. + @bye