Segfaulting when using phpunit

[torenware]

I'm trying to get set up to use CiviTest, which uses phpunit.  I've been following the instructions at http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRM/Setting+up+your+personal+testing+sandbox+HOWTO?focusedCommentId=23724076&#comment-23724076.

From the sites/all/modules/civicrm/tools directory, I'm running something like this:

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scripts/phpunit  -u civitester -pPASSWORD -h localhost api_v2_ContributionTest

The database exists; I can start up mysql and it works with these settings:

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mysql -u civitester -pPASSWORD -h localhost civicrm_tests_dev
The copy of civicrm.settings.php that's in tests/phpunit/CiviTest exists and editing right AFAICT, and I've established that the file is in fact read when I start up phpunit.

But I die in tests/phpunit/CiviTest/CiviUnitTestCase.php around line 111,  in CiviUnitTestCase::setup():   

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$config =& CRM_Core_Config::singleton();
I'm guessing that the database is not properly initialized when this gets called, but I can't figure out as to why.

Any idea as to why this happens, or how to fix this?

[Michał Mach]

Hey Rob,

First thing that comes to my mind is that the database is empty when unit tests are trying to initialize CiviCRM. We had a few changes in the flow of tests recently and initialization was jumping in and out, so I forgot to update the documentation. Basically, the first time you are running any tests, you need to have the database populated either via setup.sh (if it's a clean checkout, it will also generate DAOs) or manually loading the schema (civicrm.mysql) and basic data (civicrm_data.mysql).

However, the segfault is kind of weird, it should be giving some more meaningful error. Can you check the above? If that's not it, we'll investigate further. I'm also assuming you have mysq 5.0? Some segfaulting problems with 5.1 were reported.

I need to solve the problem of first time initialization once and for all - I'll modify the test suite in next few days to do something about it (need to figure out the best solution first). In the meantime, I've added a note to documentation to init the database on the first run.

Thx,
m