Re: [Fedora-packaging] Packages with missing %check

[Alexander Todorov]

На 26.02.2014 15:56, David Howells написа:
> Alexander Todorov  wrote:
> > How about making %check a packaging requirement in all cases - run tests or
> > add a comment explaining why not, how to run them (e.g. make test) or why
> > there are no tests for this package.
>
> Does %check install the package and run the tests as root?  For the keyutils
> package that I maintain, this would be a requirement to be able to run the
> testsuite because:
>
> (1) There are certain operations that cannot be tested if you're not root.
>
> (2) The kernel must be able to upcall to executables installed by the rpm.
>
> I imagine this applies to some other packages also.

I does, but not sure to how many.  %check is executed during rpmbuild time right 
after %build so limitations apply.

--
Alex

Packages with missing %check

[Dridi Boukelmoune]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Alexander Todorov  wrote:
> На 26.02.2014 15:56, David Howells написа:
> > Alexander Todorov  wrote:
> > > How about making %check a packaging requirement in all cases - run tests
> > > or
> > > add a comment explaining why not, how to run them (e.g. make test) or why
> > > there are no tests for this package.
> >
> > Does %check install the package and run the tests as root?  For the
> > keyutils
> > package that I maintain, this would be a requirement to be able to run the
> > testsuite because:
> >
> > (1) There are certain operations that cannot be tested if you're not
> > root.
> >
> > (2) The kernel must be able to upcall to executables installed by the
> > rpm.
> >
> > I imagine this applies to some other packages also.
>
> I does, but not sure to how many.  %check is executed during rpmbuild time
> right after %build so limitations apply.

s/%build/%install/
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package#.25check_section
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