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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-06-09 02:34:52 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2005-06-09 02:34:52 +0000
commit8aa2b6d2d79cd8558612512a154d78ad282d1eee (patch)
treeba5fe917ceff19a29b96717b59721847f2055fec
parent3b570e9f107a0dbaa6756f5721b4fa7cbc50e85d (diff)
downloadgpsd-8aa2b6d2d79cd8558612512a154d78ad282d1eee.tar.gz
Exhort developers to use the regression-test switch.
-rw-r--r--HACKING3
-rw-r--r--gpsd.spec.in3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 28fba7b9..9f372791 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Before shipping a patch, it is a good idea to make sure the patched
code displays no warnings when you run 'make splint'. See
http://www.splint.org for a description of this tool.
+Also, use the regression-test suite -- "make testregress" -- to check
+that your patch doesn't break the handling of any existing receiver.
+
** The license on contributions
The GPSD libraries are under the BSD license. Please do not send
diff --git a/gpsd.spec.in b/gpsd.spec.in
index b65b800a..150b7349 100644
--- a/gpsd.spec.in
+++ b/gpsd.spec.in
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ cp gps.py "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"%{_libdir}/python${PYVERSION}/site-packages
client; sirfmon uses it to operate through the daemon if one is running.
Support for Trimble TSIP GPSes merged. gpsfake now works with SiRF logs.
Python library supports thread callbacks. New -p option of gpsfake
- supports regression testing.
+ supports regression testing of the daemon, and there is a test suite
+ included with the distribution.
* Sat May 21 2005 Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> - 2.25-1
- Various signedness and scaling fixes and an OpenBSD port patch for the