Re: regression

["James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>]

Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes:
>it occurs to me that we might
>want to include regression tests in the standard package build
>process.

Excellent idea.  The GNU coding standards suggest this Makefile target:

`check'
     Perform self-tests (if any).  The user must build the program
     before running the tests, but need not install the program; you
     should write the self-tests so that they work when the program is
     built but not installed.

We could incorporate self-tests into the source package this way, and
invoke them from debian/rules.  Ideally, this should be fed to the
upstream developer too.

                            - Jim Van Zandt


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