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| -rw-r--r-- | HACKING | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | t/README | 6 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ * Use "make check" and "make maintainer-check" liberally. -* Make sure each test file is executable. - * Export the 'keep_testdirs' environment variable to "yes" to keep test directories for successful tests also. @@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ Writing test cases by a C++ compiler, for similar reasons (i.e., the isatty(3) function from that same unistd.h header would be required otherwise). -* Before commit: make sure the test is executable, add the tests to - TESTS in Makefile.am, add it to XFAIL_TESTS in addition if needed, - write a ChangeLog entry, send the diff to <automake-patches@gnu.org>. +* Add any new test to handwritten_TESTS in 't/list-of-tests.mk', and + to XFAIL_TESTS in addition if needed (that is, if the test is expected + to fail). * In test scripts, prefer using POSIX constructs over their old Bourne-only equivalents: |