> autopkgtest (debian/tests/) is a form of as-installed testing, which takes > the packages that were built, installs them in a relatively complete and > realistic environment (typically a lxc container or a qemu/kvm virtual > machine) and runs further tests there. Sometimes these tests just repeat > the build-time test coverage, but often they can make use of the ability > to do things that wouldn't work at build-time, like contacting Internet > services, running things as root, or relying on system services. This > often gives them better test coverage. Wow, that's even better! Thanks for the clarification. I guess I should use this feature more. :)
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