Introduction

The CTest Extension module is supposed to be used in a project's CTest script. Project developers provide the testing script (along with source code or separately), and testers use this script to perform project testing.

The CTest Extension module uses Target system and Testing model notations to perform different tests, depending on target platform and user intention.

Target system

The Target system describes the target OS, version, architecture, etc. This parameter allows the testing script to choose appropriate configuration for CMake and build tools.

The set of supported targets is defined by the project.

The generic format for the Target system is <KIND>[-<NAME>][-<ARCH>], where

• <KIND> is one of Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android.
• <NAME> is an optional OS name and version, for example Ubuntu-14.04, Vista.
• <ARCH> is an optional architecture description, for example x86_64, ARM, ARM-Tegra5.

Testing model

The Testing model notation describes the intention of the testing and allows the testing script to choose appropriate set of tests.

The set of supported models is defined by the project.

Example of such set:

• Experimental - performs custom testing.
• Nightly - performs full and clean nightly testing.
• Continuous - performs quick testing, only if there were updates in the remote repository.
• Release - builds release packages.
• Performance - collects benchmarking results.
• MemCheck - performs dynamic analysis.
• Documentation - builds documentation.