X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/f3f065bbe8b7d7fdc4d46dbfa063ae4dfb05bfd7..12dd53c7a900b323936790a9e6fc4ae617920968:/test/README?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 5c060974c..b6d06e540 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -1,12 +1,10 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/test/README,v 1.7 2007/01/31 16:52:12 ph10 Exp $ - EXPORTABLE EXIM TEST SUITE -------------------------- This document last updated for: Test Suite Version: 4.67 -Date: 31 January 2007 +Date: 20 February 2007 BACKGROUND @@ -65,8 +63,15 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met: Defaults timestamp_timeout=480 in /etc/sudoers, a password lasts for 8 hours (a working day). It is - probably not a good idea to run the tests as the Exim user, as this is - recognized as special by Exim. + not permitted to run the tests as the Exim user because the test suite + tracks the two users independently. Using the same user would result + in false positives on some tests. + + Further, some tests invoke sudo in an environment where there might not be + a TTY, so tickets should be global, not per-TTY. Taking this all together + and assuming a user of "exim-build", you might have this in sudoers: + + Defaults:exim-build timestamp_timeout=480,!tty_tickets (3) The login under which you run the tests must be in the exim group so that it has access to logs, spool files, etc. The login should not be one of the @@ -107,6 +112,18 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met: interface; when one is not found, some tests are skipped (with a warning message). +(9) Exim must be built with TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST support, so that the test + configs can be placed into it. DISABLE_D_OPTION must not be used. If + ALT_CONFIG_PREFIX is used, it must contain the directory of the test-suite. + WHITELIST_D_MACROS should contain: + + DIR:EXIM_PATH:AA:ACL:ACLRCPT:ACL_MAIL:ACL_PREDATA:ACL_RCPT:AFFIX:ALLOW:ARG1:ARG2:AUTHF:AUTHS:AUTH_ID_DOMAIN:BAD:BANNER:BB:BR:BRB:CERT:COM:COMMAND_USER:CONNECTCOND:CONTROL:CREQCIP:CREQMAC:CRL:CSS:D6:DATA:DCF:DDF:DEFAULTDWC:DELAY:DETAILS:DRATELIMIT:DYNAMIC_OPTION:ELI:ERROR_DETAILS:ERT:FAKE:FALLBACK:FILTER:FILTER_PREPEND_HOME:FORBID:FORBID_SMTP_CODE:FUSER:HAI:HAP:HARDLIMIT:HEADER_LINE_MAXSIZE:HEADER_MAXSIZE:HELO_MSG:HL:HOSTS:HOSTS_AVOID_TLS:HOSTS_MAX_TRY:HVH:IFACE:IGNORE_QUOTA:INC:INSERT:IP1:IP2:LAST:LDAPSERVERS:LENCHECK:LIMIT:LIST:LOG_SELECTOR:LS:MAXNM:MESSAGE_LOGS:MSIZE:NOTDAEMON:ONCE:ONLY:OPT:OPTION:ORDER:PAH:PEX:PORT:PTBC:QDG:QOLL:QUOTA:QUOTA_FILECOUNT:QWM:RCPT_MSG:REMEMBER:REQUIRE:RETRY:RETRY1:RETRY2:RETURN:RETURN_ERROR_DETAILS:REWRITE:ROUTE_DATA:RRATELIMIT:RT:S:SELECTOR:SELF:SERVER:SERVERS:SREQCIP:SREQMAC:SRV:STD:STRICT:SUB:SUBMISSION_OPTIONS:TIMEOUTDEFER:TIMES:TRUSTED:TRYCLEAR:UL:USE_SENDER:UTF8:VALUE:WMF:X:Y + +(10) Exim must *not* be built with USE_READLINE, as the test-suite's automation + assumes the simpler I/O model. + Exim must *not* be built with HEADERS_CHARSET set to UTF-8. + + OPTIONAL EXTRAS --------------- @@ -128,9 +145,11 @@ RUNNING THE TEST SUITE (3) Run "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few auxiliary programs that are written in C. -(4) Run "./runtest" (a Perl script) as described below. +(4) echo $PWD/test-config >> your_TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST_filename -(5) If you want to see what tests are available, run "./listtests". +(5) Run "./runtest" (a Perl script) as described below. + +(6) If you want to see what tests are available, run "./listtests". BREAKING OUT OF THE TEST SCRIPT @@ -342,7 +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 @@ -351,7 +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 @@ -361,6 +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: @@ -765,9 +786,12 @@ as well as to the named file. This command runs the auxiliary "client" program that simulates an SMTP client. It is controlled by a script read from its standard input, details of which are -given below. The only option is -t, which must be followed by a number, to -specify the command timeout in seconds. The program connects to the given IP -address and port, using the specified interface, if one is given. +given below. There are two options. One is -t, which must be followed directly +by a number, to specify the command timeout in seconds (e.g. -t5). The default +timeout is 1 second. The other option is -tls-on-connect, which causes the +client to try to start up a TLS session as soon as it has connected, without +using the STARTTLS command. The client program connects to the given IP address +and port, using the specified interface, if one is given. client-ssl [] [] \