gcov2perl1p
Convert gcov files to devel::cover databases
Usage
gcov2perl -h
-i
-v
-db
database
gcov_files
Version
version 1.52
Overview
Convert gcov files to Devel::Cover databases.
Options
The following command line options are supported:
-db database - specify the database to use-h -help - show help-i -info - show documentation-v -version - show version
Details
To obtain coverage of XS files they must first be compiled with the appropriate options. In a standard Makefile environment, such as that created by ExtUtils::MakeMaker, this can be accomplished with the command:
HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES=-MDevel::Cover make test \CCFLAGS=-O0\ -fprofile-arcs\ -ftest-coverage \OTHERLDFLAGS=-fprofile-arcs\ -ftest-coverage
If you have already built your object files it may be necessary to run make clean first, or to find some other way to ensure that they get rebuilt with the options gcov requires.
Now the code coverage data has been collected "gcov" needs to be run:
gcov Mylib.xsThis will create one or more gcov files on which you can run "gcov2perl":
gcov2perl Mylib.xs.gcovFinally, "cover" should be run as usual with any options required:
coverIf you are running everything with standard options, you can do all this with one command:
cover -testExit status
The following exit values are returned:
0 All files converted successfully>0 An error occurred.
Licence
Copyright 2001-2026, Paul Johnson ([email protected])
This software is free. It is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.
The latest version of this software should be available from my homepage: https://pjcj.net
Releases
11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 10 times.