AboutThe test_installer build step is a full lifecycle test of Chrome's Windows installer. The test does variations along the following theme:
Diagnosing FailuresDue to issue 399499, the output in the build step may not contain the full output of the test. To see the full output, click the stdio link for the steps build step and search for test_installer.py. The most common failure will be a failure to launch Chrome, which generally indicates that chrome.exe is crashing at startup. Running the Tests LocallyFirst build the mini_installer target. The minimal command to run the test is: python chrome\test\mini_installer\test_installer.py --config chrome\test\mini_installer\config\config.config [test_name] Specify individual test names as, for example: __main__/InstallerTest/ChromeUserLevel. Run it with --help for more options. Note that you should use the Python that comes with depot_tools as other versions might not work. QuestionsContact grt at chromium dot org. |
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