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author | Alexis S. L. Carvalho <alexis@cecm.usp.br> |
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331 | 1 A simple testing framework |
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332 | 3 To run the tests, do: |
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5 cd tests/ | |
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6 python run-tests.py |
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331 | 8 This finds all scripts in the test directory named test-* and executes |
9 them. The scripts can be either shell scripts or Python. Each test is | |
10 run in a temporary directory that is removed when the test is complete. | |
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12 A test-<x> succeeds if the script returns success and its output | |
13 matches test-<x>.out. If the new output doesn't match, it is stored in | |
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16 There are some tricky points here that you should be aware of when | |
17 writing tests: | |
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24 - changeset hashes will change based on user and date which make | |
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27 use commit -m "test" -u test -d "1000000 0" |
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34 variable HGRCPATH points to. This file is cleared before running a test. |
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36 You also need to be careful that the tests are portable from one platform |
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37 to another. You're probably working on Linux, where the GNU toolchain has |
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38 more (or different) functionality than on MacOS, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, etc. |
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39 While testing on all platforms is the only sure-fire way to make sure that |
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40 you've written portable code, here's a list of problems that have been |
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41 found and fixed in the tests. Another, more comprehensive list may be |
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42 found in the GNU Autoconf manual, online here: |
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44 http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Portable-Shell.html |
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48 The Bourne shell is a very basic shell. /bin/sh on Linux is typically |
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49 bash, which even in Bourne-shell mode has many features that Bourne shells |
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53 denominator. While using another shell (ksh, bash explicitly, posix shell, |
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55 portable location, and so are generally probably not a good idea. You may |
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