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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ configure and build in the source tree. then the --srcdir option must also be specified. This would also require that the configure script be run from the top level directory. - PATH/configure MYHOSTYPE --srcdir PATH/dejagnu + PATH/configure MYHOSTYPE where PATH is is the directory that the contains the sources. @@ -57,229 +57,21 @@ set a the variable "CC" in your environment to point to it. Then when you compile, use "make CC=$CC". -See etc/cfg-paper.texi, etc/configure.texi, and/or the README files in -various subdirectories, for more details. +See /usr/doc/dejagnu-$version/overview/book1.html or +/usr/doc/dejagnu-$version/overview.ps for for more details. - As DejaGnu is a Tcl program, there is nothing to build. However, the + As DejaGnu is a Tcl program, there is little to build. However, the documentation is not built by default. Use these targets: -"make info" - Convert the texinfo document to something that can - be used the GNU info program or info mode in emacs. -"make dvi" - Convert the texinfo document to something that can - be printed. This produces dvi output. -"make doc" - This builds both. -"make ps" - This converts the dvi file into postscript. This - requires a copy of dvips. +"make overview.html" - Generate the html formatted documentation from + the SGML source. +"make overview.ps" - Generate the Postscript formatted documentation from + the SGML source. +"make overview.pdf" - Generate the PDF formatted documentation from + the SGML source. "make install" - This installs DejaGnu based on the --prefix option when configuring. Otherwise it defaults to /usr/local. See the DejaGnu manual for more information on installation. - Changes from 1.1.1 - 1. Works with (included in release) Tcl 7.3 and Expect 5.6. - 2. Much better error trapping and handling, including the - execution of sub scripts. - 3. Re-worked configuration subsystem. - 4. Default handling for testing unknown targets. - 5. New testsuite for expect and runtest. - 6. More debugging procedures. - - Changes from 1.0 - - 1. DejaGnu now conforms to POSIX 1003.3, a standard for - testing frameworks. - 2. A Tcl debugger written by Don Libes has been added. - 3. Lots of bug fixes. - - Changes from 0.9 - - 1. DejaGnu now installs itself like other utilities. - 2. 700 G++ tests are included. - 3. The bugs in the GCC tests have been fixed. - 4. Testsuites are released separately. - 5. Testsuite sources now reside with the within each tool's - source tree. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- -Here's is a posting on the Free OS testing project. (FROST) -------------------------------------------------------------------- -If you have built up your own tests for system calls, library -routines, networking protocols, or common utilities, this posting -offers you an opportunity to put them to good use. You can do a good -deed for the Linux community, the Berkeley UNIX community, and the -wider world of free software users. - -Also, if you would like to learn some good test tools and strategies, -and devote some time on a volunteer basis to writing tests -- perhaps -a couple of weeks full-time, or a couple hours per week over a period -of several months -- then here is a project you should get involved -in. - -I am helping to coordinate a test effort for Linux. In the following -four sections of this message I will describe the goals, the process, -the people trying to do it, and what you can do to help. - -Goals - - Linux and BSD share a number of libraries and utilities, both - because BSD software was ported to Linux, and because several free - software (GNU) utilities have been ported to both operating - systems. - - Linux shows startling differences and failures as you move from one - set of hardware to another. People who hope to base their own - commercial products on Linux would like to see proof that it is - robust, portable, and standard-conforming. The problem is that - cross-platform testing is very hard to do, and few decent test - suites exist either for free software or for UNIX. (Look at all the - differences you find among systems that are SVID-conforming, - particularly at higher levels such as the utilities.) - - Therefore, a number of us who are interested n Linux have decided to - enter the modern age of formal, automated software testing -- but in - a manner that is proper for the free software community. - - Using DejaGnu, a test platform developed by Cygnus Support and - placed under the GPL, we want to collect the best tests we can from - people everywhere, and integrate them into suites that any user can - download, run, and interpret with a few commands. DejaGnu already - runs under BSD, and Cygnus is porting it to Linux. - - Our goal is to test as many parts of the system as possible, - including system calls (particularly for POSIX 1003.1 compliance), - libraries in the official distribution, networking protocols, - and utilities. We need help with - - 1) integrating good tests donated by the community (and probably - written in a variety of programming languages and command - shells) into the DejaGnu framework, and - - 2) writing new tests for major functional areas for which no - adequate tests exist. - - The tests we use will be placed under the GPL and distributed by - Cygnus Support along with DejaGnu. H. J. Lu, who maintains the C - library for Linux, has offered to run the POSIX 1003.1 tests and as - many others as he can. - -Process - - First let me summarize the advantages of using DejaGnu, a free - software product that will be the umbrella for all the tests, and - then explain how we plan to conduct this project. - - Cygnus Support released DejaGnu to the public on January 3, along - with several test suites for GNU language tools. The product is - designed for portability and easy cross-platform development and - execution. It works more uniformly than typical tests using the - UNIX shell, and also supports interactive testing better than most - test platforms -- for instance, Cygnus has written over 1300 unit - tests for the gdb debugger using it. - - The implementation of DejaGnu is based on tcl and expect, two simple - existing languages for writing commands. You can develop new tests - in two major ways: by placing keyword-based comments in C source - code, or by writing tests in tcl. - - While Cygnus is still increasing their body of tests for language - tools, they are also turning their resources toward the libraries - and GNU utilities. While most of the tests are written at Cygnus, - they have reached out to communities of testers and are now porting - substantial sets of donated tests. - - We are hoping to broaden this successful use of collaboration across - user communities. We hope that suites of useful tests are sitting - in desk drawers out there. We also hope to gather and mobilize - people who appreciate the value of formal tests in legitimizing free - software, and would like to help write them. - - I am not an employee of Cygnus, but have volunteered to talk to - interested people and do an initial classification of tests, just to - offload some of this routine work from them. I will discuss all - offers with Cygnus staff to find out what is most needed and decide - which tests to incorporate into DejaGnu. There are several criteria - for choosing tests, including the degree to which an area is - covered, and its importance in the overall stability of the - operating system. Some tests may have to be rejected just because - they are hard to fit into the DejaGnu model. - -People - - Now you can find out why each of us got involved with this project. - - Cygnus writes and distributes free software, selling support as a - means to make money. The company is not directly in the business of - supporting operating systems or common UNIX utilities, so this kind - of testing is tangential to their main goals. But they may want to - support those things in the future. In any case, they would like to - see Linux do well, and this big test project will be a good - promotion for DejaGnu. - H. K. Lu, as a volunteer for Linux, has been using his own system to - implement, port, maintain, and ensure ANSI and POSIX compliance for - the C library (mostly the GNU C library along with the iostream - class from the g++ library). He is looking for ways to validate the - work that he and many other contributors have put in. - - As an editor at a publisher of computer books, my relationship to - Linux and BSD is even more distant than that of Cygnus. But we are - thinking about putting out books about Linux, from either the Linux - Documentation Project or independent authors, and would like to make - sure Linux is stable enough to be documented. The testing of - utilities is particularly important to me, because it can provide - quality assurance for our books, including the BSD version of UNIX - in a Nutshell. - -What you can do - - We ask people who have written tests in the areas I have described - to donate them to this project and see them benefit the public. - Don't just send me stuff -- write or call to discuss what you've got - in general. You also have to assign the tests to the Free Software - Foundation (a simple matter, so long as you are the owner of the - tests) so that they can be distributed under the GPL. - - Also, please don't starting flaming about the GPL. Either join our - project and donate your tests, or don't. Personally, I do not take - a side in this war. - - People who are interested in testing as a discipline, and have some - time to donate, are invited to contact me to help write tests. Tell - me: - - Your knowledge of computer languages and tools - - Previous software test efforts you have engaged in, if any - - How much time you can devote - - What functional areas you think are important and have a - particular interest in - - Cygnus staff will tell volunteers which areas need testing, and - offer guidance while you learn and apply DejaGnu. The most - important trait for the project is rigorous thinking along the lines - of software quality (so the best preparation is to have done some - formal testing before). You do not need to know any particular - language or tool; you can learn tcl or other aspects of DejaGnu - fairly quickly. - - Contact information for me is in my signature. I am at the phone - number during traditional U.S. business hours. So send mail any - time, or try calling from Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, - Eastern Daylight Saving Time (four hours later than Greenwich Mean - Time). - - Feel free to distribute and repost this message elsewhere, in its - entirety. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -Andy Oram O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. andyo@ora.com - 90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 (617) 354-5800 - fax (617) 661-1116 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -There is a new listserv based mailing list for the FROST project. To -subscribe, send email to "listserv@cygnus.com" and the body should -contain "SUBSCRIBE FROST <your name>". Messages sent to -frost@cygnus.com go to the mailing list. |