X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/7bbb36214421667fcd0dd5b9462e647307d5a504..ffbb6f2982821e44c42da6b8816e4560f5a9accb:/test/README diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index c08b63b0d..c0f548292 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ 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). The local net may not be in 10.0/8 as that is used by the suite. + message). The local net may not be in 10.250.0/16 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 @@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ the extra functionality, except for a few special cases such as the databases RUNNING THE TEST SUITE ---------------------- -(1) Download the tarball exim-testsuite-x.xx.tar.bz2 and unpack it, preferably - in a directory alongside an Exim source directory (see below). +(1) Clone the git tree for Exim. This include both the Exim source and the + testsuite. -(2) cd into the exim-testsuite-x.xx directory. +(2) cd into the test/ subdirectory (where this README lives). (3) Run "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few auxiliary programs that are written in C. @@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ bin/client-ssl A script-driven SMTP client simulation with OpenSSL support. This is built only if OpenSSL support is detected on the host. +bin/client-anytls A symlink to either client-ssl or client-gnutls, if + any is built. + bin/fakens A fake "nameserver" for DNS tests (see below for details). bin/fd A program that outputs details of open file descriptors. @@ -702,6 +705,11 @@ Commands with no input These commands are not followed by any input data, or by a line of asterisks. + ### This is a verbose comment + +A line starting with three hashmarks and some space copies the following text to +both stdout and stderr file being written by the test. + dbmbuild This command runs the exim_dbmbuild utility to build a DBM file. It is used @@ -724,7 +732,8 @@ scripts. exim_lock [options] This command runs the exim_lock utility with the given options and file name. -The file remains locked with the following command (normally exim) is obeyed. +The file remains locked for following commands until a non-daemon "exim" +completes. exinext @@ -850,9 +859,25 @@ Commands with input ------------------- 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 +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 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"). + +- "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 @@ -867,7 +892,6 @@ except that the data it generates is copied to the end of the test-stdout file as well as to the named file. - client [] [] This command runs the auxiliary "client" program that simulates an SMTP client. @@ -969,8 +993,9 @@ connections. Here are some example commands: The following lines, up to a line of four asterisks, are the server's controlling standard input (described below). These lines are read and -remembered; during the following commands, until an "exim" command is reached, -the server is run in parallel. +remembered; during the following commands, until a non-deamon "exim" command +is reached, the server is run in parallel. Then the server termination +is waited for. write [nxm[=start-of-line-text]]* @@ -1017,27 +1042,36 @@ one-off things to be done. CLIENT SCRIPTS -------------- -Lines in client scripts are of two kinds: +Lines in client scripts are of several kinds: -(1) If a line begins with three question marks and a space, the rest of the +(1) "??? ": If a line begins with three question marks and a space, the rest of the line defines the start of expected output from the server. If what is received does not match, the client bombs out with an error message. -(2) If a line starts with three plus signs followed by a space, the rest of the +(2) "???*": If a line begins with three question marks and an asterisk, the server + is expected to close the connection. + +(3) "????": If a line begins with four question marks, the rest of the line defines + the start of one or more possible output lines from the server. When it + matches, the client silently repeats the comparison using the next server + line. When the match fails, the client silently proceeds to the next script + line with the then-current server output unconsumed. + +(4) "+++ ": If a line starts with three plus signs followed by a space, the rest of the line specifies a number of seconds to sleep for before proceeding. -(3) If a line begins with three '>' characters and a space, the rest of the +(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. -(4) 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 intto the script +(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 at this point. -(5) Otherwise, the line is an input line line that is sent to the server. Any +(7) Otherwise, the line is an input line line that is sent to the server. Any occurrences of \r and \n in the line are turned into carriage return and linefeed, respectively. This is used for testing PIPELINING. - Any sequences of \x followed by two hex digits are converted to the equvalent + Any sequences of \x followed by two hex digits are converted to the equivalent byte value. Any other character following a \ is sent verbatim. The line is sent with a trailing "\r\n".