X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/78fb059f567b933e3e8c1898f6f51b1e6c3b5396..4341239037d5aac10b785f60f0e78570ab4ddebb:/test/README diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index a399765e2..67df47453 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -301,6 +301,11 @@ There are some options for the ./runtest script itself: -SLOW For very slow hosts that appear to have Heisenbugs, delay before comparing output files from a testcase + -TLS For cross-library testing. Specify 'openssl" or 'gnutls' + as the client; the other is used as the server (assumes that + both have been built: set up Local/Makefile for OpenSSL and + "make exim_openssl", then for GnuTLS and "make exim_gnutls") + The options for ./runtest must be given first (but after the name of the binary, if present). Any further options, that is, items on the command line that start with a hyphen, are passed to the Exim binary when it is run as part @@ -676,7 +681,12 @@ script. For example: # -bS Use of HELO/RSET A line consisting just of digits is interpreted as the expected return code -for the command that follows. The default expectation when no such line exists +for the command that follows. + +A line consisting of a tilde (~) followed by digits indicates a non-expected +return code for the command that follows. + +The default expectation when neither such line exists is a zero return code. For example, here is a complete test script, containing just one command: @@ -696,6 +706,17 @@ be replaced by the local host's name. Long commands can be continued over several lines by using \ as a continuation character. This does *not* apply to data lines. +A line with a leading number followed by a space and then an uppercase +word, equals character, value sets an expected return code as above +plus an environment variable. Example: + + 255 TZ=GB + exim_msgdate -l -u -z -localhost_number=20 000000 1PANS3 ZZZZZZ + **** + + + + Here follows a list of supported commands. They can be divided into two groups: @@ -747,6 +768,12 @@ This command runs the exigrep utility with the given data (the search pattern) on the current mainlog file. + exiqgrep + +This command runs the exiqgrep utility with the given options +on the current spool directory. + + gnutls This command is present at the start of all but one of the tests that use @@ -814,6 +841,14 @@ are still in existence at the end of the run (for messages that were not delivered) are not compared with saved versions. + no_munge + +If this command is encountered anywhere in the script, the output is not +munged before it is compared with a saved version. +This option allows meaningful tests of the exim_msgdate utility; +without it all date comparison checks would succeed. + + no_stderr_check If this command is encountered anywhere in the script, the stderr output from @@ -862,15 +897,21 @@ The remaining commands are followed by data lines for their standard input, terminated by four asterisks ("****"). Even if no data is required for the particular usage, the asterisks must be given. -If the input line starts with '>>> ', this prefix and any trailing spaces -(including line feed) are removed. The reminder is processed with Perl's -string eval() function, effectivly evaluatiing escape sequences like -'\x41', or '\r'. If you need a line feed there, you need to encode it -according to your needs. +If the input line starts with '::', this prefix is removed and the +line is processed by the runtest script before sending. The following +commands are recognised: + +- "eval": process the reset of the line with Perl's string eval() + function. This can be used to send arbitrary data by encoding it as + escape sequences (e.g. "\x41\101"). If you need a line ending, you have + to append it accordingly (e.g. "\r\n"). -If the input line starts with '\>>> ', the backslash is removed and the -rest of the line is passed as input. This is used by the client tool, -which understands the '>>> ' prefix for similar processing. +- "noeol": do not terminate the data sent to the application with an end + of line character. + +- "sleep": interpret the rest of the line as an integer and sleep for + that number of seconds before proceeding. No data will be output to + the application. background @@ -1056,10 +1097,7 @@ Lines in client scripts are of several kinds: (5) ">>> ": If a line begins with three '>' characters and a space, the rest of the line is input to be sent to the server. Backslash escaping is done as - described below, but no trailing "\r\n" is sent. As the runtest's - input processing catches the '>>> ' for its string eval, you may - want to escape from this first stage processing by prefixing your - line with '\'. + described below, but no trailing "\r\n" is sent. (6) "<<< ": If a line begin with three '<' characters and a space, the rest of the line is a filename; the content of the file is inserted into the script @@ -1116,13 +1154,16 @@ are of the following kinds: (2) A line that starts with "*sleep" specifies a number of seconds to wait before proceeding. -(3) A line containing "*eof" specifies that the client is expected to close +(3) A line containing "*data" and a number specifies that the client is + expected to send that many bytes; the server discards them + +(4) A line containing "*eof" specifies that the client is expected to close the connection at this point. -(4) A line containing just '.' specifies that the client is expected to send +(5) A line containing just '.' specifies that the client is expected to send many lines, terminated by one that contains just a dot. -(5) Otherwise, the line defines the start of an input line that the client +(6) Otherwise, the line defines the start of an input line that the client is expected to send. To allow for lines that start with digits, the line may start with '<', which is not taken as part of the input data. If the lines starts with '<<' then only the characters are expected; no return-