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| author | Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> | 2005-11-07 09:06:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> | 2005-11-07 09:06:34 +0000 |
| commit | c98a359a16ab163107051056a85014d011be4cfa (patch) | |
| tree | e7ff050054b988c42c8243ffec9290efc3664b1b /testsuite/TODO | |
| parent | 48c6157eb9c10bdca89af2792177afc0380ef9c5 (diff) | |
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It was a bit out of date.
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diff --git a/testsuite/TODO b/testsuite/TODO index ced571595..b8957f488 100644 --- a/testsuite/TODO +++ b/testsuite/TODO | |||
| @@ -2,17 +2,25 @@ This testsuite is quite obviously a work in progress. As such, | |||
| 2 | there are a number of good extensions. If you are looking for | 2 | there are a number of good extensions. If you are looking for |
| 3 | something to do, feel free to tackle one or more of the following: | 3 | something to do, feel free to tackle one or more of the following: |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Buildroot support | 5 | Moving to the new format. |
| 6 | Erik has put together a handy package for constructing and | 6 | The old way was "lots of little tests files in a directory", which |
| 7 | testing busybox called buildroot. Integrating this into | 7 | doesn't interact well with source control systems. The new test |
| 8 | the testsuite would allow for greater test coverage (e.g., | 8 | format is command.tests files that use testing.sh. |
| 9 | init, mount, and other privileged applications). | 9 | |
| 10 | Every busybox applet needs a corresponding applet.tests. | ||
| 11 | |||
| 12 | Full SUSv3 test suite. | ||
| 13 | Let's make the Linux Test Project jealous, shall we? Don't just | ||
| 14 | audit programs for standards compliance, _prove_ it with a regression | ||
| 15 | test harness. | ||
| 16 | |||
| 17 | http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/ | ||
| 18 | |||
| 19 | Some tests need root access. | ||
| 20 | It's hard to test things like mount or init as a normal user. | ||
| 21 | Possibly User Mode Linux could be used for this, or perhaps | ||
| 22 | Erik's buildroot. | ||
| 10 | 23 | ||
| 11 | libbb unit testing | 24 | libbb unit testing |
| 12 | Being able to test the functions of libbb individually may | 25 | Being able to test the functions of libbb individually may |
| 13 | help to prevent regressions. | 26 | help to prevent regressions. |
| 14 | |||
| 15 | Standardization | ||
| 16 | This testsuite is totally bastardized. It would be better | ||
| 17 | to use an existing test framework, such as dejagnu, greg, | ||
| 18 | or a XUnit clone (shunit?). | ||