Misc #19142: Run test suites against 'install', based on ENV variable?

• Status: Open
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[MSP-Greg (Greg L)]

Some time ago I believe there was discussion about:

make
make test
make install

vs

make
make install
make test

Some people preferred to not have to run install before test (disk space, time, etc).

Might an environment variable like RUBY_TEST_FROM_INSTALL or RUBY_TEST_FROM_PATH be
added that would trigger the test suite to test against the Ruby install folder or the
Ruby in PATH?

I believe a handful of files in the test system would need changes, as they load files
using require_relative...

I think spec/mspec is already setup to do so.

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

I think that test needs install only when "preloadenv" and --enable-load-relative can't work.
At least test-all can run as /install/bin/ruby test/runner.rb, I think.