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diff --git a/tests/deckard/contrib/libfaketime/test/README-testframe.txt b/tests/deckard/contrib/libfaketime/test/README-testframe.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d6980c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/deckard/contrib/libfaketime/test/README-testframe.txt @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# here's how the testframe script works. +# +# Usage for testing: +# usage: testframe.sh DIR +# testframe.sh runs each testsuite script found within DIR. +# (in the context of libfaketime, the DIR is functest.) +# exits with status 0 if all tests succeed. +# +# Interface: +# by convention, each testsuite script (within DIR) must be +# a bash script named test_*.sh. the script must define a +# function named "run". run takes no arguments. run is +# expected to call the framework-provided function +# run_testcase once for each test function. run_testcase +# uses the global vars NFAIL and NSUCC to keep track of how +# many testcases failed/succeeded. +# +# the test function is expected to call something like +# asserteq or assertneq (again, framework-provided). +# +# fine print: for each testsuite, the framework creates a +# subshell and dots in the script. also dotted in are +# testframe.inc and DIR/common.inc (if it exists). the +# testsuite script can make use of any functions defined +# in these inc files. the environment variable +# TESTSUITE_NAME is set to the filename of the testsuite +# script, for possible use in warning or info messages. +# +# see functests/test_true.sh for a simple example of +# a test suite script. +# +# Simple steps to add a new testsuite: +# 1. decide its name - eg, XXX. +# 2. choose a DIR of similar testsuites to put it in, or create a new one. +# 3. create DIR/test_XXX.sh. +# 4. write a run function and testcase functions in DIR/test_XXX.sh. +# 5. within the run function, call run_testcase for each testcase function. +# 6. within each testcase function, call assertneq or asserteq, or do +# the equivalent. |