X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/4c04137d73637107669e02b21f890387aaa2ef34..c5040dfdb523ce2a14efbdfa0d3eb69d3afef65a:/test/README?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 38972042f..36cdd6984 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 @@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ 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 "autoconf" then "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few - auxiliary programs that are written in C. +(3) Run "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few auxiliary programs that + are written in C. (4) echo $PWD/test-config >> your_TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST_filename Typically that is .../exim/test/trusted_configs @@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ There are some options for the ./runtest script itself: maintainer after making a change to the code that affects a lot of tests (for example, the wording of a message). + -SLOW For very slow hosts that appear to have Heisenbugs, delay before + comparing output files from a testcase + 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 @@ -699,6 +702,11 @@ 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 @@ -721,7 +729,8 @@ 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 @@ -966,8 +975,9 @@ 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]]* @@ -1014,24 +1024,38 @@ 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 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) Otherwise, the line is an input line line that is sent to the server. Any +(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 intto the script + at this point. + +(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". Here is a simple example: