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diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml index 3c37e5c1..ad6f59e9 100644 --- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml +++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ <para>Notes:</para> <orderedlist> - <listitem><para>start > end</para> + <listitem><para>start ≤ end</para> </listitem> <listitem><para>start and ":" is not required if start=0</para> </listitem> @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ need to be fixed. As long as the return code is 0, it will be reported as "test </para> <para> -If you want a summary test, run: "cd plugins && perl -MTest::Harness -e 'runtests(@ARGV)' t/check_disk.t". +If you want a summary test, run: "cd plugins && prove t/check_disk.t". This runs the test in a summary format. </para> @@ -612,9 +612,23 @@ link</ulink> <section><title>Testing the C library functions</title> <para> -Will be looking at using libtap, which is utilised by the FreeBSD team. The output is -based on perl's TAP (Test Anything Protocol) format, so that Test::Harness will understand -results. This is still in planning stages. +Uses <ulink url="http://jc.ngo.org.uk/trac-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/LibTap">the libtap library</ulink>, which gives +perl's TAP +(Test Anything Protocol) output. This is used by the FreeBSD team for their regression testing. +</para> + +<para> +To run tests using the libtap library, download from http://people.freebsd.org/~nik/public_distfiles/ +and compile. There is a problem with tap-1.01 +where <ulink url="http://jc.ngo.org.uk/trac-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/25">pthread support doesn't appear to work</ulink> +properly on non-FreeBSD systems. Compile with 'CPPFLAGS="-UHAVE_LIBPTHREAD" ./configure'. You do not need +to install. +</para> + +<para> +You then have to run the Nagios Plugins' configure with the --with-libtap-object=full_path to the compiled +tap.o file. +Then run "make" and "make test" to run all tests. </para> </section> |