Misc #20568: Look for test.rb in the current working directory

• Status: Rejected
• Assignee: -

[eightbitraptor (Matt V-H)]

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The test.rb script used by make run etc is explicitly located in the $srcdir - the location of the Ruby source code.

The Building Ruby documentation recommends using out-of-source builds.

Requiring test.rb to be located in the source directory prevents me from having multiple build directories, with a distinct test.rb per build, instead forcing pollution of the source directory.

I propose looking for test.rb in the current working directory. This will maintain compatibility with in-source builds, and provide extra flexibility for those of us using out-of-source builds.

There will be a small one time impact for Ruby committers, who will have to move their existing test.rb files into their build directories.

[alanwu (Alan Wu)]

• Status changed from Open to Rejected

Closing as per discussion in https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/10950