FAQ of running test suite

[exim.git] / test / README

diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
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--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-$Cambridge: exim/test/README,v 1.8 2007/02/20 15:58:02 ph10 Exp $
-
 EXPORTABLE EXIM TEST SUITE
 --------------------------
 
@@ -144,8 +142,8 @@ RUNNING THE TEST SUITE
 
 (2) cd into the exim-testsuite-x.xx directory.
 
-(3) Run "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few auxiliary programs
-    that are written in C.
+(3) Run "autoconf" then "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few
+    auxiliary programs that are written in C.
 
 (4) echo $PWD/test-config >> your_TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST_filename
 
@@ -363,7 +361,7 @@ default, the output is from the "cf" program, and might look like this:
   1 difference found.
   "test-stdout-munged" contains 16 lines; "stdout/1300" contains 18 lines.
 
-  Continue, Update & retry, Quit? [Q]
+  Continue, Retry, Update & retry, Quit? [Q]
 
 This example was generated by running the test with a version of Exim
 that had a bug in the exim_dbmbuild utility (the bug was fixed at release
@@ -372,7 +370,7 @@ used. In this case, the standard output differed from what was expected.
 
 The reply to the prompt must either be empty, in which case it takes the
 default that is given in brackets (in this case Q), or a single letter, in
-upper or lower case (in this case, one of C, U, or Q). If you type anything
+upper or lower case (in this case, one of C, R, U, or Q). If you type anything
 else, the prompt is repeated.
 
 "Continue" carries on as if the files had matched; that is, it ignores the
@@ -382,6 +380,8 @@ moving on to the next test.
 "Update & retry" copies the new file to the saved file, and reruns the test
 after doing any further comparisons that may be necessary.
 
+"Retry" does the same apart from the file copy.
+
 Other circumstances give rise to other prompts. If a test generates output for
 which there is no saved data, the prompt (after a message stating which file is
 unexpectely not empty) is:
@@ -419,6 +419,33 @@ OTHER ISSUES
 
 . Test 0142 tests open file descriptors; on some hosts the output may vary.
 
+. Some tests may fail, for example 0022, because it says it uses cached data
+  when the expected output thinks it should not be in cache.  Item #5 in the
+  Requirements section has:
+    "Exim must be built with its user and group specified at build time"
+  This means that you cannot use the "ref:username" in your Local/Makefile
+  when building the exim binary, in any of the following fields:
+    EXIM_USER  EXIM_GROUP  CONFIGURE_OWNER  CONFIGURE_GROUP
+
+. If the runtest script warns that the hostname is not a Fully Qualified
+  Domain Name (FQDN), expect that some tests will fail, for example 0036,
+  with an extra log line saying the hostname doesn't resolve.  You must use a
+  FQDN for the hostname for proper test functionality.
+
+. If your hostname has an uppercase characters in it, expect that some tests
+  will fail, for example, 0036, because some log lines will have the hostname
+  in all lowercase.  The regex which extracts the hostname from the log lines
+  will not match the lowercased version.
+
+. Some tests may fail, for example 0015, with a cryptic error message:
+    Server return code 99
+  Due to security concerns, some specific files MUST have the group write bit
+  off.  For the purposes of the test suite, some test/aux-fixed/* files MUST
+  have the group write bit off, so it's easier to just remove the group write
+  bit for all of them.  If your umask is set to 002, the group write bit will
+  be on by default and you'll see this problem, so make sure your umask is
+  022 and re-checkout the test/ subdirectory.
+
 
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