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Matt Kraaib5b757e2002-02-19 23:20:52 +00001To run the test suite, change to this directory and run "./runtest". It will
2run all of the test cases, and list those with unexpected outcomes. Adding the
3-v option will cause it to show expected outcomes as well. To only run the test
Denis Vlasenko40276642007-11-13 16:48:10 +00004cases for particular applets:
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6./runtest <applet1> <applet2>...
Matt Kraai36c613a2001-11-19 19:28:56 +00007
Matt Kraaib5b757e2002-02-19 23:20:52 +00008The test cases for an applet reside in the subdirectory of the applet name. The
9name of the test case should be the assertion that is tested. The test case
10should be a shell fragment that returns successfully if the test case passes,
Matt Kraai6b140ea2002-02-19 23:43:08 +000011and unsuccessfully otherwise.
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Denys Vlasenkob71ce022009-07-18 15:19:41 +020013Set SKIP_KNOWN_BUGS environment variable to any non-empty value
14to exclude tests which are known to fail.
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16Set SKIP_INTERNET_TESTS to exclude tests which require working
17internet connection.
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Matt Kraai6b140ea2002-02-19 23:43:08 +000019If the test case relies on a certain feature, it should include the string
20"FEATURE: " followed by the name of the feature in a comment. If it is always
21expected to fail, it should include the string "XFAIL" in a comment.
Matt Kraai38890782001-10-30 23:11:20 +000022
Denys Vlasenkob71ce022009-07-18 15:19:41 +020023
24Common causes of false positives:
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26For busybox built against uclibc, /etc/TZ does not exist or does not match
27host system timezone setting. For glibc based host systems, timezona settings
28are in /etc/localtime.
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Denys Vlasenko6ae64262009-07-18 16:22:26 +020030LANG and LC_xxx environment variables set to non-C locale.
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Denys Vlasenkob71ce022009-07-18 15:19:41 +020032
Matt Kraai38890782001-10-30 23:11:20 +000033For the entire testsuite, the copyright is as follows:
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Matt Kraai6be23192002-02-19 23:19:46 +000035Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Matt Kraai
Matt Kraai38890782001-10-30 23:11:20 +000036
37This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
38modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
39as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
40of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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42This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
43but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
44MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
45GNU General Public License for more details.
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47You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
48along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
49Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.