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Mention that 'make test' does more than just run all the tests (suggested

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by Kris/tinker105 in bug #1779054) and mention the torture tests.
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Dan Fandrich
2007-08-28 18:23:19 +00:00
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@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ TCP ports used by default:
on one machine. on one machine.
Run: Run:
'make test'. This invokes the 'runtests.pl' perl script. Edit the top 'make test'. This builds the test suite support code and invokes the
variables of that script in case you have some specific needs. 'runtests.pl' perl script to run all the tests. Edit the top variables
of that script in case you have some specific needs, or run the script
manually (after the support code has been built).
The script breaks on the first test that doesn't do OK. Use -a to prevent The script breaks on the first test that doesn't do OK. Use -a to prevent
the script from abort on the first error. Run the script with -v for more the script from abort on the first error. Run the script with -v for more
@@ -58,6 +60,11 @@ Memory:
automatically detect if that is the case, and it will use the ../memanalyze automatically detect if that is the case, and it will use the ../memanalyze
script to analyze the memory debugging output. script to analyze the memory debugging output.
The -t option will enable torture testing mode, which runs each test
many times but causes a different memory allocation to fail on each
successive run. This tests the out of memory error handling code to
ensure that memory leaks do not occur even in those situations.
Debug: Debug:
If a test case fails, you can conveniently get the script to invoke the If a test case fails, you can conveniently get the script to invoke the
debugger (gdb) for you with the server running and the exact same command debugger (gdb) for you with the server running and the exact same command