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authorMatt Kraai <kraai@debian.org>2001-11-19 19:28:56 +0000
committerMatt Kraai <kraai@debian.org>2001-11-19 19:28:56 +0000
commit36c613a4437b20986dbca9385d79a76288753c6b (patch)
tree00ff98a00ff9cc17011a8f26e7ed469abfc87d9a
parent9dfe508a3f2ab4092f4b9843838d88ad8077691d (diff)
downloadbusybox-36c613a4437b20986dbca9385d79a76288753c6b.tar.gz
Update usage instructions, and document test case format.
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@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-To use this testsuite, unpack it as a subdirectory of your BusyBox
-build tree. Then change directory into the testsuite and run
-`./runtest'.
+To run the test suite, change to this directory and run
+"./runtest". To only run the test cases for particular applets,
+specify them as parameters to runtest.
+
+The test cases for an applet reside in the subdirectory of the
+applet name. The name of the test case should be the assertion
+that is tested. The test case should be a shell fragment that
+returns successfully if the test case passes, and unsuccessfully
+otherwise. If the test case is known to fail, it should be marked
+as such by including the string "XFAIL" in a comment. If a
+certain feature must be enabled for it to pass, it should indicate
+that by including the string "UNSUPPORTED: " followed by the
+feature name in a comment.
For the entire testsuite, the copyright is as follows: