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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ o perform some file conflict tests only on Mageia o try harder to find genhdlist2 in uninstalled CPAN modules - testsuite: + o describe it more o disable fsync/fdatasync while running tests Version 8.121 - 8 April 2020 @@ -1,4 +1,33 @@ +The tests are running the following way: + +01compile.t ensures everything is valid perl +02create_pkgs.t builds the various RPMs needed by the others tests +cfg.t tests reading/writing the config files +pod.t check for POD errors in files (optional) +superuser--*.t + +The first tests just ensure that basic things in urpmi works. + you need to be root to run superuser--*.t, with a normal user those tests are simply skipped. +They actually test both urpmi, URPM _and_ *rpm* extensively. +It had often found regressions in rpm itself that rpm's own testsuite didn't found. + +superuser--file-conflicts.t runs only some patches on Mageia due to having a +downstream patch there + +superuser--mirrorlist.t will only be run on Mageia as it needs a specific patch +that introduces Time::ZoneInfo->current_zone() + +Usage: +------ + use "make testall" + +You can speed up things by using eatmydata which will prevent all the fsync() +& fdatasync() calls in librpm: +eatmydata make testall + +If you didn't alter the tests data, you can further speedup a re-run by using: +[[ -d t/media ]] && mv -f t/02create_pkgs.t{,.i} |