X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/1fb7660fc893265f0e37ceb965396d9e005a0b74..bbd4e082cb5c6a4275d570e2ab6cdc4dadddb022:/test/README?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 4f43b0b1a..d986a47cb 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met: is also an IPv6 address, additional tests are run when the Exim binary contains IPv6 support. There are checks in the scripts for a running IPv4 interface; when one is not found, some tests are skipped (with a warning - message). + message). The local net may not be in 10.0/8 as that is used by the suite. (9) Exim must be built with TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST support, so that the test configs can be placed into it. A suitable file location is .../exim/test/trusted_configs @@ -213,10 +213,12 @@ THE RUNTEST SCRIPT ------------------ If you do not supply any arguments to ./runtest, it searches for an Exim -source tree at the same level as the test suite directory. It then looks for an -Exim binary in a "build" directory of that source tree. If there are several -Exim source trees, it chooses the latest version of Exim. Consider the -following example: +source tree at the same level as the test suite directory. A source tree +is a source tree, if it contains a build-* directory. + +It then looks for an Exim binary in a "build" directory of that source +tree. If there are several Exim source trees, it chooses the latest +version of Exim. Consider the following example: $ ls -F /source/exim exim-4.60/ exim-4.62/ exim-testsuite-x.xx/ @@ -260,6 +262,17 @@ There are some options for the ./runtest script itself: (If it turns out that most people prefer to use diff, I'll change the default.) + -FLAVOR + -FLAVOUR + This allows "overrides" for the test results. It's intended + use is to deal with distro specific differences in the test + output. The default flavour is "foo". If during the test + run differences between the current and the expected output + are found and no flavour file exists already, you may update + the "common" expected output or you may create a flavour + file. If a flavour file already exists, any updates will go + into that flavour file! + -KEEP Normally, after a successful run, the test output files are deleted. This option prevents this. It is useful when running a single test, in order to look at the actual output before it is @@ -827,6 +840,12 @@ terminated by four asterisks. Even if no data is required for the particular usage, the asterisks must be given. + background + +This command takes one script line and runs it in the background, +in parallel with following commands. For external daemons, eg. redis-server. + + catwrite [nxm[=start-of-line-text]]* This command operates like the "write" command, which is described below, @@ -1144,9 +1163,6 @@ fake zone files. These are: data block. The addresses that are generated are in the 10.250.0.0/16 network. -The domain names that are handled directly by Exim, without being passed to -fakens, are: - test.again.dns This always provokes a TRY_AGAIN response, for testing the handling of temporary DNS error. If the full domain name starts with digits, a delay of that many seconds occurs. @@ -1154,10 +1170,6 @@ fakens, are: test.fail.dns This always provokes a NO_RECOVERY response, for testing DNS server failures. -This special handling could now be done in the fakens program, but while the -old test suite is still being used it has to be done in Exim itself, so for the -moment it remains there. - The use of gethostbyname() and its IPv6 friends is also subverted when Exim is running in the test harness. The test code handles a few special names directly; for all the others it uses DNS lookups, which are then handled as