[CMake] Build on one machine, test on multiple

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Wednesday 02 June 2010, Martin Apel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> here is what I did now:
> I created an installer image (BitRock installer in our case) containing
> the normal deliverables of our software plus the following items:
> - Some scripts needed to carry out our tests. This also contains
> software needed to carry out the tests (Squish)
> - A complete CMake installation
> - The following CMake-generated files from the build directory:
>   - CTestCustom.cmake
>   - DartConfiguration.tcl
>   - CTestTestfile.cmake
> - Post-installation script
>
> The last item is a script, which is run by the installer as a
> post-install step. This script adjusts
> all paths in the above CMake files from the build directory to the
> installation directory. It also adjusts the
> host name contained in DartConfiguration.tcl, so the results show up in
> CDash under the correct name.
> The final step of the post-installation script is to call ctest with the
> following arguments:
>   ctest -T Test -T Submit --track Nightly
> For this to work the environment variable CMAKE_ROOT is set to the
> just-installed CMake share directory in the script.
>
> This causes a simple installation, which can be done automatically via
> cron or the Windows task planner, to perform
> the installation, carry out the tests and submit the results to CDash.
> The only requirement for the test machines
> is to have standard software installed, we need perl and python for our
> tests.

This sounds interesting.
Could you please put this in the cmake/ctest wiki ?
http://www.itk.org/Wiki/CMake#CTest

Thanks
Alex