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| author | bill-auger <mr.j.spam.me@gmail.com> | 2024-03-27 19:52:29 -0400 |
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| committer | bill-auger <mr.j.spam.me@gmail.com> | 2024-03-28 23:15:25 -0400 |
| commit | f64d9ed3aab49373845147c1e8044df366a75393 (patch) | |
| tree | b24ae813ba4b3fb7959190e27e57ec87a3237a79 | |
| parent | c9cc64d5096f2813e3ea026542093e0007600ffc (diff) | |
update docs
| -rw-r--r-- | HACKING/HACKING_testing.md | 25 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/HACKING/HACKING_testing.md b/HACKING/HACKING_testing.md index 8dee485..07f04ef 100644 --- a/HACKING/HACKING_testing.md +++ b/HACKING/HACKING_testing.md @@ -1,18 +1,15 @@ Testing ======= -Please write unit tests for new things. Tests can be run with `make -check`, which just runs `./testenv roundup` in the `test/` directory. -Relatedly, you need the `roundup` (the `sh-roundup` package on -Parabola) tool to run the tests. `./testenv` can be given -`--no-network` and/or `--no-sudo` to dissable tests that require those -things. Make can be made to pass those things in by setting -`TESTENVFLAGS`. If you don't dissable either, I *strongly* recommend -setting TMPDIR to somewhere on a btrfs partition before running the -tests; otherwise the chroot tests will take forever. I mean, they -already take long on btrfs, but without it... _dang_. +Please write unit tests for new things. Tests can be run with `make check`, +which just runs `./testenv bats cases` in the `test/` directory. You will need +the `bats` tool (the `bash-bats` Parabola package) in order to run the tests. +`./testenv` can be given `--no-network` and/or `--no-sudo` to dissable tests +which require those things. You can also pass them to make as `TESTENVFLAGS`. +If you don't dissable either, I *strongly* recommend setting TMPDIR to somewhere +on a btrfs partition before running the tests; otherwise the chroot tests will +take forever. I mean, they already take long on btrfs, but without it... _dang_. -I also recommend having the `haveged` daemon running. That's good -general advice, but also: some of the tests make GPG keys, this -"should" take on the order of 1 second, but can take several minutes -if you don't have `haveged` running. +I also recommend having the `haveged` daemon running. Some of the tests generate +GPG keys. This "should" take on the order of 1 second, but can take several +minutes if you don't have `haveged` running. |