Paul Wise schrieb: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@gmx.de> wrote: > >> I am quite unsure how to proceed, any input is quite welcome here. > > Get upstream to write functionality tests that are run at build time > (when the package is not being cross-built) instead of whitelisting > platforms. > > If they need an X server during those tests, xvfb is a fake X server > that is often used for automated tests. > This is probably the best way to have it done but if you have a look at their makefile I guess it would mean me writing the test not them (which may really be an reasonable way nontheless - I was already considering contributing some aototools buildsystem so I do not need to patch every file they have to build for debian). -- GPG-Key ID: 0x0372275D /"\ ASCII Ribbon \ / Campaign X against HTML / \ in eMails
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