Running `./x test tests/debuginfo` triggers recompiles for debugger visualizer script changes
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Description
After making changes to src\etc\lldb_commands, re-running the debuginfo tests triggers a 10-15 minute compile to, in effect, replace 1 file that's read and executed at runtime.
Might also be worth adding a CI rule to allow for using everything prebuilt and just replacing the debugger visualizer files to speed things up. That would be especially helpful since running the debuginfo test suite locally is somewhat broken.
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Research direction
Start with ./x test tests/debuginfo and the src\etc\lldb_commands files to trace why visualizer script changes trigger recompilation. Check how prebuilt artifacts and CI setup are handled, with the goal that changing these runtime-read files reruns the tests without a 10–15 minute compile.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100