echo script output to the display

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 20, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:
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> On Sep 20, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Mark Brethen wrote:
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>> On Sep 20, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Clemens Lang wrote:
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>>>> You're thinking it should run automatically instead of user setting?
>>> 
>>> Setting test.run and test.cmd doesn't make MacPorts run the tests automatically.
>>> You still have to run `sudo port test` explicitly to run tests.
>>> 
>>>> Does that change where the output is sent?
>>> 
>>> No. I'm not aware of a proper method to do this, either. You might be
>>> able to fiddle with MacPorts' internal verbosity setting, but that
>>> would be a hack.
>> 
>> Is the test phase for debugging?
> 
> Yes, it's for MacPorts developers. It's not supposed to be used by end-users.

I wouldn't necessarily say that. The test phase tests the software. Users may well want to test that the software they're going to use passes its test suite. Of course, not all ports have test suites, and of those that do not all of them pass. Not all maintainers run their ports' test phases either.