[feat] Add configuredir variable to the Autotools build system

[jacwah]

I am writing a test suite using Reframe for a project with the following structure (simplified):

src/
data/
configure
reframe/checks.py

The project is built using Autotools.

At first I simply set sourcesdir = '..', but this did not work well in practice since copying the whole source tree for each build can be quite expensive. Especially on a file system with limited quota.

With the change in this PR, I am able to do an out of source build without copying the entire source tree:

self.build_system.configuredir = os.path.join(self.prefix, '..')

Using this method, the build output is generated in the stage directory while the source files are read from the original source directory.

Please let me know what you think!

[jenkins-cscs]

Can I test this patch?

[codecov-commenter]

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Merging #2460 (4b14bc3) into master (cd07b81) will increase coverage by 0.00%.
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[vkarak]

Hi @jacwah thanks for your PR. I think it makes sense. Generally, to avoid copying large input files, you should also consider using the readonly_files test attribute.

[pep8speaks]

Hello @jacwah, Thank you for updating!

Cheers! There are no PEP8 issues in this Pull Request!Do see the ReFrame Coding Style Guide

Comment last updated at 2022-03-29 15:17:20 UTC