test: add a function to run Python tests

[notmuch] / test / test-lib.sh

diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index a48faf5cf5298dc724cffa510bcc3eb3dec26c4e..bffac77a870656e82ba98d9e342c41e06fd95276 100644 (file)
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -919,6 +919,14 @@ test_emacs () {
        emacsclient --socket-name="$EMACS_SERVER" --eval "(progn $@)"
 }
 
+test_python() {
+       export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TEST_DIRECTORY/../lib
+       export PYTHONPATH=$TEST_DIRECTORY/../bindings/python
+
+       (echo "import sys; _orig_stdout=sys.stdout; sys.stdout=open('OUTPUT', 'w')"; cat) \
+               | python -
+}
+
 # Creates a script that counts how much time it is executed and calls
 # notmuch.  $notmuch_counter_command is set to the path to the
 # generated script.  Use notmuch_counter_value() function to get the
@@ -1180,3 +1188,4 @@ test_declare_external_prereq emacs
 test_declare_external_prereq emacsclient
 test_declare_external_prereq gdb
 test_declare_external_prereq gpg
+test_declare_external_prereq python