From 137a3f3c81769787c7aea0ebb2d13cc27958b50a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stewart X Addison <6487691+sxa@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 12:24:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update FAQ to mention aqa-tests branches (#3564) * doc: update FAQ to mention aqa-tests branches Signed-off-by: Stewart X Addison * Update following review Signed-off-by: Stewart X Addison --------- Signed-off-by: Stewart X Addison --- FAQ.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 45c24e5fae..b2c552e2ef 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -201,7 +201,11 @@ an individual test for example: `test/jdk/java/lang/invoke/lambda/LambdaFileEncodingSerialization.java` If you then need to run manually on the machine itself (outside jenkins) -then the process is typically like this: +then the process is typically like this. To avoid the test material not +matching the JDK under test which can lead to false failures when you're +testing a build which isn't the latest (such as a previous GA/the last +release), it is recommended that you check out the appropriate branch for +the last release from the aqa-tests repository in the first line here. ```sh git clone https://github.com/adoptium/aqa-tests && cd aqa-tests