Fix runtest -CONTINUE to work everywhere

[users/heiko/exim.git] / test / README

diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index bca4def7d8abbf9052365cd2953009c9f30eecf5..c64b02206ea1137229c0e9ce73079977a4d79972 100644 (file)
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@ is as follows:
 
 There are some options for the ./runtest script itself:
 
+  -CONTINUE This will allow the script to move past some failing tests. It will
+            write a simple failure line with the test number in a temporary
+            logfile test/failed-summary.log. Unexpected exit codes will still
+            stall the test execution and require interaction.
+
   -DEBUG    This option is for debugging the test script. It causes some
             tracing information to be output.
 
@@ -421,6 +426,37 @@ 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 you change your hostname to a FQDN, you must delete the test/dnszones
+  subdirectory.  When you next run the runtest script, it will rebuild the
+  content to use the new hostname.
+
+. 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.
+
 
 OTHER SCRIPTS AND PROGRAMS
 --------------------------
@@ -688,6 +724,12 @@ This command causes the script to sleep for m milliseconds. Nothing is output
 to the screen.
 
 
+  munge <name>
+
+This command requests custom munging of the test outputs.  The munge names
+used are coded in the runtest script.
+
+
   need_ipv4
 
 This command must be at the head of a script. If no IPv4 interface has been
@@ -801,9 +843,11 @@ and port, using the specified interface, if one is given.
 
 When OpenSSL is available on the host, an alternative version of the client
 program is compiled, one that supports TLS using OpenSSL. The additional
-arguments specify a certificate and key file when required. There is one
-additional option, -tls-on-connect, that causes the client to initiate TLS
-negotiation immediately on connection.
+arguments specify a certificate and key file when required for the connection.
+There are two additional options: -tls-on-connect, that causes the client to
+initiate TLS negociation immediately on connection; -ocsp that causes the TLS
+negotiation to include a certificate-status request.  The latter takes a
+filename argument, the CA info for verifying the stapled response.
 
 
   client-gnutls [<options>] <ip address> <port> [<outgoing interface>] \