cli: use designated initializer to initialize add_files_state

[notmuch] / test / README

diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index 81a1c82dcdbdb9487cdbc701f7db5aa6bd9c43f0..e54e36b795e852e536dab96256420edbfee84368 100644 (file)
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ the tests in one of the following ways.
        TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient ./emacs
        make test TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient
 
        TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient ./emacs
        make test TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient
 

+Some tests may require a c compiler. You can choose the name and flags similarly
+to with emacs, e.g.
+
+     make test TEST_CC=gcc TEST_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
+

 Quiet Execution
 ---------------
 
 Quiet Execution
 ---------------
 


@@ -112,6 +117,13 @@ Note that some tests in the existing test suite rely on previous test
 items, so you cannot arbitrarily skip any test and expect the
 remaining tests to be unaffected.
 
 items, so you cannot arbitrarily skip any test and expect the
 remaining tests to be unaffected.
 

+Currently we do not consider skipped tests as build failures. For
+maximum robustness, when setting up automated build processes, you
+should explicitely skip tests, rather than relying on notmuch's
+detection of missing prerequisites. In the future we may treat tests
+unable to run because of missing prerequisites, but not explicitely
+skipped by the user, as failures.
+

 Writing Tests
 -------------
 The test script is written as a shell script.  It should start with
 Writing Tests
 -------------
 The test script is written as a shell script.  It should start with


@@ -133,7 +145,7 @@ Source 'test-lib.sh'
 After assigning test_description, the test script should source
 test-lib.sh like this:
 
 After assigning test_description, the test script should source
 test-lib.sh like this:
 

-       . ./test-lib.sh
+       . ./test-lib.sh || exit 1

 
 This test harness library does the following things:
 
 
 This test harness library does the following things: