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How to benchmark a Freecell Solver Release:
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Requirements: perl-5.8.x or above, CMake, gcc, bash and a working
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pthreads-devel package.
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1. Download the Freecell Solver .tar.bz2 archive from
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http://fc-solve.berlios.de/.
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2. Unpack and cd to the freecell-solver-* directory.
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3. Run "./Tatzer -l tt".
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4. Type "make" to build everything.
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5. Run "bash scripts/time-threads-num.bash $MAX_NUM_THREADS" .
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The default for $MAX_NUM_THREADS is 6, where 7 completely hogs my system. If
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you have many CPUs and/or cores and you are confident that raising it will
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not overload your system, you may try to raise it.
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Running the benchmarking threads is better done when the computer is not
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7. Type "perl scripts/time-fcs.pl DUMPS/*" and copy-and-paste the results to
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the Freecell Solver developers with specifications of your computer that are
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as detailed as possible.
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Getting the test suite up and running:
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These are instruction how to get the test suite up and running:
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#. Install the svn client.
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# apt-get install subversion.
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#. Install cmake (at least version 2.6.3):
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# apt-get install cmake
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$ cmake --version # Make sure it's 2.6.3.
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#. Install make, gcc and other needed applications:
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# apt-get install make gcc g++
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(g++ is required by CMake even for ANSI C projects for some reason).
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# apt-get install valgrind
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#. Install perl (at least perl-5.8.9 - perl-5.10.0 or above is recommended).
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#. Install perl's Template Toolkit:
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# apt-get install libtemplate-perl
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#. Install the libtap ( http://jc.ngo.org.uk/trac-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/LibTap )
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$ tar -xvf /home/shlomif/Desktop/tap-1.01.tar.gz
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$ ./configure --prefix="$HOME/apps/libtap"
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$ make CFLAGS+=-UHAVE_LIBPTHREAD
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# For gcc finding tap.h in the includes
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$ echo 'export CPATH="$HOME/apps/libtap/include:$CPATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
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# For CMake to find the TAP library.
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$ echo 'export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$HOME/apps/libtap:$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
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#. Check out the latest Freecell Solver sources:
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$ svn co https://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/fc-solve/trunk/
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$ cd trunk/fc-solve/source/
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#. Configure the Freecell Solver build
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#. Build Freecell Solver:
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#. Install the dependencies of the test suite:
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- Download local::lib from http://search.cpan.org/dist/local-lib/
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and follow the instructions to set it up
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$ export PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1
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$ perl -Mlocal::lib -MCPAN -e 'install Task::Test::Run::AllPlugins'
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$ perl -Mlocal::lib -MCPAN -e 'install(qw(String::ShellQuote Test::Differences Games::Solitaire::Verify))'
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$ perl -Mlocal::lib -MCPAN -e 'install(qw(YAML::XS))'
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#. Set up the Test::Run plugins.
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$ echo 'export HARNESS_PLUGINS="ColorSummary ColorFileVerdicts AlternateInterpreters"' >> ~/.bashrc
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$ echo 'export HARNESS_ALT_INTRP_FILE="$HOME/.test-run-alt-intrp.yml"' >> ~/.bashrc
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- Put the following under $HOME/.test-run-alt-intrp.yml:
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- And put the following script called unity in your path (executable):
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exec { $ARGV[0] } @ARGV;
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#. Test Freecell Solver:
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$ export FREECELL_SOLVER_QUIET=1
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$ export PATH="`pwd`/board_gen:$PATH"
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