Re: Adding autopkgtests to GNU packages
On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:43:05 +0100
Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> wrote:
> Dear mentors:
>
> Many GNU packages have built-in tests that test the just-built
> programs.
>
> Is there a general procedure/trick/idiom to modify them so that
> they test the installed version instead? (so that they can be
> reused with minimal changes).
What often works well with simple utils is creating a symlink
pointing to the packaged binary, in whatever location the testsuite
expects the freshly build one (typically the build root).
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