X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2FREADME;h=b378c3ff3c5fa3a60b9758f52abd3c731d69ccfe;hb=d1acff615306a732054b3cc2bec502a419ed861a;hp=104a120ea28bfb7250243f1d331ed8efd1e99fa0;hpb=07dff496304d6dc2e8033a18691b095ed9cd212f;p=notmuch diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 104a120e..b378c3ff 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -26,13 +26,24 @@ that you know if you break anything. - gpg(1) - python(1) -If your system lacks these tools or have older, non-upgreable versions +If your system lacks these tools or have older, non-upgradable versions of these, please (possibly compile and) install these to some other path, for example /usr/local/bin or /opt/gnu/bin. Then prepend the chosen directory to your PATH before running the tests. e.g. env PATH=/opt/gnu/bin:$PATH make test +For FreeBSD you need to install latest gdb from ports or packages and +provide path to it in TEST_GDB environment variable before executing +the tests, native FreeBSD gdb does not not work. If you install +coreutils, which provides GNU versions of basic utils like 'date' and +'base64' on FreeBSD, the test suite will use these instead of the +native ones. This provides robustness against portability issues with +these system tools. Most often the tests are written, reviewed and +tested on Linux system so such portability issues arise from time to +time. + + Running Tests ------------- The easiest way to run tests is to say "make test", (or simply run the @@ -69,15 +80,6 @@ The following command-line options are available when running tests: As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to run the tests with this option in parallel. ---root=