X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/52a7b5f3f80a515983420bf9986f951186c931a5..6f4d5ad3a1613f7d4502bb81eb3f4e875a71b0c9:/test/README?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index d971bc744..2a3fa00c8 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met: and "xyz" and single letters that are used in the tests. The test suite expects the login to have a gecos name; I think it will now run if the gecos field is empty but there may be anomalies. + The login must not contain a dash or an equal sign. (Otherwise some tests + about local_from_{suffix,prefix} will fail.) (4) The directory into which you unpack the test suite must be accessible by the Exim user, so that code running as exim can access the files therein. @@ -885,6 +887,11 @@ example: Finally, "exim" can be preceded by "sudo", to run Exim as root. If more than one of these prefixes is present, they must be in the above order. +If the options include "-DSERVER" but not "-DNOTDAEMON", the script waits for +Exim to start but then continues without waiting for it to terminate. Typically +this will be for a daemon-mode "-bd" operation. The daemon should be later +terminated using "killdaemon". + exim_exim [] []