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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2008-04-15 23:21:43 +0200
committerJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2008-04-15 23:21:43 +0200
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Add some documentation about the expected testsuite output.
(This used to be commit a24651d649d24589a6c65e7bc4be9c49fdc80b2a)
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diff --git a/source4/selftest/README b/source4/selftest/README
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@@ -16,18 +16,56 @@ Testsuite behaviour
Exit code
------------
The testsuites should exit with a non-zero exit code if at least one
-test failed.
+test failed. Skipped tests should not influence the exit code.
Output format
-------------
+Testsuites can simply use the exit code to indicate whether all of their
+tests have succeeded or one or more have failed. It is also possible to
+provide more granular information using the Subunit protocol.
+This protocol works by writing simple messages to standard output. Any
+messages that can not be interpreted by this protocol are considered comments
+for the last announced test.
+
+Accepted commands are:
+
+test
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
test: <NAME>
+
+Announce that a new test with the specified name is starting
+
+success
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
success: <NAME>
+
+Announce that the test with the specified name is done and ran successfully.
+
+failure
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
failure: <NAME>
-error: <NAME>
+failure: <NAME> [ REASON ]
+
+Announce that the test with the specified name failed. Optionally, it is
+possible to specify a reason it failed.
+
+skip
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
skip: <NAME>
+skip: <NAME> [ REASON ]
+
+Announce that the test with the specified name was skipped. Optionally a
+reason can be specified.
-failure: <NAME> [ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION ]
+knownfail
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+knownfail: <NAME>
+knownfail: <NAME> [ REASON ]
+
+Announce that the test with the specified name was run and failed as expected.
+Alternatively it is also possible to simply return "failure:" here but
+specify in the samba4-knownfailures file that it is failing.
Environments
============
@@ -40,6 +78,7 @@ The following environments are currently available:
- none: No server set up, no variables set.
- dc: Domain controller set up. The following environment variables will
be set:
+
* USERNAME: Administrator user name
* PASSWORD: Administrator password
* DOMAIN: Domain name
@@ -51,6 +90,7 @@ The following environments are currently available:
- member: Domain controller and member server that is joined to it set up. The
following environment variables will be set:
+
* USERNAME: Domain administrator user name
* PASSWORD: Domain administrator password
* DOMAIN: Domain name