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author | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-06-28 15:01:04 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net> | 2009-06-28 15:01:04 -0400 |
commit | e0ed03ff224ee3a8053094f02bcd02d4dd3fa358 (patch) | |
tree | 985fc37dc455372b3857a6d302860bcbf4b5bbdb /dh_auto_test | |
parent | 55a176113de2b1923c62774779bb9e069d88021d (diff) |
Revert "Update dh_auto documentation."
I'm reverting the documentation addition to try doing it
myself, more simply and less verbosely.
This reverts commit 962a2e10c930e3504ea1c0327be2fdf70d53023e.
Conflicts:
dh_auto.pod
Diffstat (limited to 'dh_auto_test')
-rwxr-xr-x | dh_auto_test | 44 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/dh_auto_test b/dh_auto_test index 062563fd..e68bf09a 100755 --- a/dh_auto_test +++ b/dh_auto_test @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME -dh_auto_test - run package test suites after building +dh_auto_test - automatically runs a package's test suites =cut @@ -11,26 +11,20 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Buildsystems; =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<dh_auto_test> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<dh_auto options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] +B<dh_auto_test> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] =head1 DESCRIPTION -dh_auto_test is a debhelper program that is responsible for the I<test> step of -the L<dh_auto(7)> building process. Typically, this is the point when package -test suite is run to check if the sources were built successfully and/or -binaries provide expected functionality. dh_auto_test will fail if test suite -fails. However, if there's no test suite, it will exit with zero status -without doing anything. +dh_auto_test is a debhelper program that tries to automatically run a +package's test suite. If there's a Makefile and it contains a "test" +or "check" target, then this is done by running make (or MAKE, if the +environment variable is set). If the test suite fails, the command will +exit nonzero. If there's no test suite, it will exit zero without doing +anything. -If dh_auto_test does not meet your needs or does not work, it is safe to -skip/override it entirely and just run the test suite manually. - -=head1 NOTES - -If the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable contains "nocheck", no tests will -be performed. - -#DH_AUTO SHARED OPTIONS# +This is intended to work for about 90% of packages with a test suite. If it +doesn't work, you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_test at all, and +just run the test suite manually. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -43,10 +37,10 @@ or override the any standard parameters that dh_auto_test passes. =back -=head1 SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS +=head1 NOTES -#SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS INTRO# -#SUPPORTED BUILD SYSTEMS LIST# +If the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable contains "nocheck", no +tests will be performed. =cut @@ -59,16 +53,12 @@ buildsystems_do(); =head1 SEE ALSO -L<dh_auto(7)> - L<debhelper(7)> -This program is a part of debhelper and its dh_auto package source building -suite. +This program is a part of debhelper. -=head1 AUTHORS +=head1 AUTHOR - Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> - Modestas Vainius <modestas@vainius.eu> +Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> =cut |