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doc: add info how to run single tests to BUILDING.md
The information on how to run single tests was missing in BUILDING.md. PR-URL: nodejs#23490 Fixes: nodejs#23491 Reviewed-By: Anatoli Papirovski <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
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## Table of Contents
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* [Supported platforms](#supported-platforms)
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* [Input](#input)
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* [Strategy](#strategy)
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* [Supported platforms](#supported-platforms-1)
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* [Supported toolchains](#supported-toolchains)
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* [Unix](#unix)
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* [AIX](#aix)
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* [Windows](#windows)
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* [OpenSSL asm support](#openssl-asm-support)
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* [Building Node.js on supported platforms](#building-nodejs-on-supported-platforms)
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* [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos)
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* [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
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* [Building Node.js](#building-nodejs-1)
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* [Running Tests](#running-tests)
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* [Building the documentation](#building-the-documentation)
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* [Building a debug build](#building-a-debug-build)
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* [Windows](#windows-1)
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* [Android/Android-based devices (e.g. Firefox OS)](#androidandroid-based-devices-eg-firefox-os)
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* [`Intl` (ECMA-402) support](#intl-ecma-402-support)
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* [Default: `small-icu` (English only) support](#default-small-icu-english-only-support)
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* [Build with full ICU support (all locales supported by ICU)](#build-with-full-icu-support-all-locales-supported-by-icu)
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* [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos-1)
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* [Windows](#windows-2)
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* [Building without Intl support](#building-without-intl-support)
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* [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos-2)
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* [Windows](#windows-3)
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* [Use existing installed ICU (Unix/macOS only)](#use-existing-installed-icu-unixmacos-only)
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* [Build with a specific ICU](#build-with-a-specific-icu)
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* [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos-3)
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* [Windows](#windows-4)
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* [Building Node.js with FIPS-compliant OpenSSL](#building-nodejs-with-fips-compliant-openssl)
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* [Building Node.js with external core modules](#building-nodejs-with-external-core-modules)
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* [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos-4)
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* [Windows](#windows-5)
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- [Building Node.js](#building-nodejs)
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- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
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- [Supported platforms](#supported-platforms)
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- [Input](#input)
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- [Strategy](#strategy)
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- [Supported platforms](#supported-platforms)
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- [Supported toolchains](#supported-toolchains)
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- [Unix](#unix)
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- [AIX](#aix)
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- [Windows](#windows)
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- [OpenSSL asm support](#openssl-asm-support)
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- [Building Node.js on supported platforms](#building-nodejs-on-supported-platforms)
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- [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos)
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- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
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- [Building Node.js](#building-nodejs)
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- [Running Tests](#running-tests)
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- [Building the documentation](#building-the-documentation)
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- [Building a debug build](#building-a-debug-build)
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- [Windows](#windows)
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- [Android/Android-based devices (e.g. Firefox OS)](#androidandroid-based-devices-eg-firefox-os)
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- [`Intl` (ECMA-402) support:](#intl-ecma-402-support)
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- [Default: `small-icu` (English only) support](#default-small-icu-english-only-support)
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- [Build with full ICU support (all locales supported by ICU):](#build-with-full-icu-support-all-locales-supported-by-icu)
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- [Unix/macOS:](#unixmacos)
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- [Windows:](#windows)
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- [Building without Intl support](#building-without-intl-support)
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- [Unix/macOS:](#unixmacos)
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- [Windows:](#windows)
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- [Use existing installed ICU (Unix/macOS only):](#use-existing-installed-icu-unixmacos-only)
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- [Build with a specific ICU:](#build-with-a-specific-icu)
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- [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos)
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- [Windows](#windows)
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- [Building Node.js with FIPS-compliant OpenSSL](#building-nodejs-with-fips-compliant-openssl)
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- [Building Node.js with external core modules](#building-nodejs-with-external-core-modules)
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- [Unix/macOS](#unixmacos)
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- [Windows](#windows)
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| System | Support type | Version | Architectures | Notes |
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| GNU/Linux | Tier 1 | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12 | x64, arm | |
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| GNU/Linux | Tier 1 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | arm64 | |
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| macOS/OS X | Tier 1 | >= 10.11 | x64 | |
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| Windows | Tier 1 | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2 | x86, x64 | [2](#fn2),[3](#fn3),[4](#fn4) |
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| SmartOS | Tier 2 | >= 15 < 16.4 | x86, x64 | [1](#fn1) |
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| FreeBSD | Tier 2 | >= 11 | x64 | |
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| GNU/Linux | Tier 2 | kernel >= 3.13.0, glibc >= 2.19 | ppc64le >=power8 | |
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| AIX | Tier 2 | >= 7.1 TL04 | ppc64be >=power7 | |
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| GNU/Linux | Tier 2 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | s390x | |
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| GNU/Linux | Experimental | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12 | x86 | limited CI |
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| Linux (musl) | Experimental | musl >= 1.0 | x64 | |
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| System | Support type | Version | Architectures | Notes |
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| ------------ | ------------ | ------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------- |
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| GNU/Linux | Tier 1 | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12 | x64, arm | |
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| GNU/Linux | Tier 1 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | arm64 | |
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| macOS/OS X | Tier 1 | >= 10.11 | x64 | |
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| Windows | Tier 1 | >= Windows 7/2008 R2/2012 R2 | x86, x64 | [2](#fn2),[3](#fn3),[4](#fn4) |
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| SmartOS | Tier 2 | >= 15 < 16.4 | x86, x64 | [1](#fn1) |
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| FreeBSD | Tier 2 | >= 11 | x64 | |
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| GNU/Linux | Tier 2 | kernel >= 3.13.0, glibc >= 2.19 | ppc64le >=power8 | |
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| AIX | Tier 2 | >= 7.1 TL04 | ppc64be >=power7 | |
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| GNU/Linux | Tier 2 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | s390x | |
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| GNU/Linux | Experimental | kernel >= 2.6.32, glibc >= 2.12 | x86 | limited CI |
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| Linux (musl) | Experimental | musl >= 1.0 | x64 | |
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If you are updating tests and just want to run a single test to check it:
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$ python tools/test.py -J --mode=release parallel/test-stream2-transform
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You can execute the entire suite of tests for a given subsystem
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$ python tools/test.py -J --mode=release child-process
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If you want to check the other options, please refer to the help by using
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the `--help` option
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You can usually run tests directly with node:
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