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Diffstat (limited to 'dh_auto_test')
| -rwxr-xr-x | dh_auto_test | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/dh_auto_test b/dh_auto_test index e68bf09a..6caf393e 100755 --- a/dh_auto_test +++ b/dh_auto_test @@ -11,16 +11,17 @@ use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Buildsystems; =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<dh_auto_test> [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] +B<dh_auto_test> [S<I<build system options>>] [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<B<--> I<params>>] =head1 DESCRIPTION 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. +package's test suite. It does so by running the appropriate command for the +build system it detects the package uses. For example, 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. 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 @@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ just run the test suite manually. =head1 OPTIONS +See L<debhelper(7)/BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS> for a list of common build +system selection and control options. + =over 4 =item B<--> I<params> |