report use of --ignore-test-failure in success message in output

easybuild/main.py

@@ -527,7 +527,10 @@ def main(args=None, logfile=None, do_build=None, testing=False, modtool=None):
 
     correct_builds_cnt = len([ec_res for (_, ec_res) in ecs_with_res if ec_res.get('success', False)])
     overall_success = correct_builds_cnt == len(ordered_ecs)
-    success_msg = "Build succeeded for %s out of %s" % (correct_builds_cnt, len(ordered_ecs))
+    success_msg = "Build succeeded "
+    if build_option('ignore_test_failure'):
+        success_msg += "(with --ignore-test-failure) "
+    success_msg += "for %s out of %s" % (correct_builds_cnt, len(ordered_ecs))
 
     repo = init_repository(get_repository(), get_repositorypath())
     repo.cleanup()

test/framework/toy_build.py

@@ -3491,6 +3491,14 @@ def test_toy_build_sanity_check_linked_libs(self):
         self.test_toy_build(ec_file=test_ec, extra_args=args, force=False,
                             raise_error=True, verbose=False, verify=False)
 
+    def test_toy_ignore_test_failure(self):
+        """Check whether use of --ignore-test-failure is mentioned in build output."""
+        args = ['--ignore-test-failure']
+        stdout, stderr = self.run_test_toy_build_with_output(extra_args=args, verify=False, testing=False)
+
+        self.assertTrue("Build succeeded (with --ignore-test-failure) for 1 out of 1" in stdout)
+        self.assertFalse(stderr)
+
 
 def suite():
     """ return all the tests in this file """