From eb4cf465a5c179c711c15649fc90c7377850cb77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Anderson Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:11:32 -0600 Subject: test:Improve test behaviors when --root is used Change add_email_corpus, emacs_deliver_message and tests to use $TEST_DIRECTORY instead of '..'. This improves the behavior of the usage of --root=, as the assumption of what '..' means will usually be incorrect. Document -root option in README and update valgrind to work with -root. --- test/README | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'test/README') diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index be75e0e..8fbf78d 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ The following command-line options are available when running tests: As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to run the tests with this option in parallel. +--root=:: + This runs the testsuites specified under a seperate directory. + However, caution is advised, as not all tests are maintained + with this relocation in mind, so some tests may behave + differently. + + Pointing this argument at a tmpfs filesystem can improve the + speed of the test suite for some users. + When invoking the test suite via "make test" any of the above options can be specified as follows: -- cgit v1.2.3