4 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
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+Tests: smoke
+Depends:
+ python3-all,
+ python3-pytest,
+ python3-ruamel.yaml,
+Restrictions: superficial, allow-stderr
diff --git a/debian/tests/data/test-yaml.py b/debian/tests/data/test-yaml.py
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+++ b/debian/tests/data/test-yaml.py
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+# very crude smoke test of the yaml package
+
+import ruamel.yaml as yaml
+
+
+def test_load_clib():
+    import ruamel.yaml.cyaml
+
+def test_safe_load():
+
+    with open("test-yaml.yaml") as fh:
+        y = yaml.safe_load(fh)
+
+    assert len(y['testdata']) == 2
+
+    assert len(y['testdata']['test1']) == 3
+
+    assert len(y['testdata']['test-data-2']) == 2
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_safe_load()
+    print("Complete.")
diff --git a/debian/tests/data/test-yaml.yaml b/debian/tests/data/test-yaml.yaml
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+testdata:
+
+  test1:
+    - value1
+    - value2
+    - value3
+
+  test-data-2:
+    - value21
+    - value22
diff --git a/debian/tests/smoke b/debian/tests/smoke
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+++ b/debian/tests/smoke
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e -u
+
+cp -r debian/tests/data "$AUTOPKGTEST_TMP"
+cd "$AUTOPKGTEST_TMP/data"
+
+for py in $(py3versions -s); do
+    $py -m pytest -v test-yaml.py
+done