OK, think I mostly got it now...

git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@7428 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d

diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README
index ed090abffd4677193d465156745ad5c1ffbf7111..2513d2837e3a33a154c35680aa8fb520d8848b1c 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/README
+++ b/tests/README
@@ -29,17 +29,19 @@ Running the tests on a new platform
 1) Link the subdirectory in results, matching your platform most closely
    to a directory ./compare.
 2) Run the tests and check the results.
-3) Run 'make resultname' and remember the output $N
-4a) if all results are good edit Makefile in results and add a link to
-    $N. Edit .cvsignore accordingly.
-4b) else, create a directory in results named $N and add it to cvs.
+3) Run 'make resultname' and remember the output $TARGET_COMPILER
+4a) if all results are good edit results/Makefile and create an alias
+   linking the existing directory to $TARGET_COMPILER. Edit
+   .cvsignore accordingly.
+4b) else, create a directory in results named $TARGET_COMPILER and
+   add it to cvs. 
 4c) if all results in a subdirectory are ok, do the link thing in 4a
     for the subdir.
 4d) else continue with 5
 5) Run make output in the subdirectories necessary.
-6) Create subdirectories in results/$N named as in tests and copy
-   the output files there. Add them to cvs. Consider links for large
-   coinciding files.
+6) Create subdirectories in results/$TARGET_COMPILER named as in tests
+   and copy the output files there. Add them to cvs. Consider links
+   for large coinciding files.
 7) Check in. Remove the link compare and the results subdirectory.
 8) cvs update -d
 9) Run the tests to see if everything works.