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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=3c979eadf9ce77ca042d8e33debd5d17d0b81c8f commit 3c979eadf9ce77ca042d8e33debd5d17d0b81c8f Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Sun Nov 16 18:56:20 2025 +0100 doc: Document test suite specific environment variables in README These are not obvious, and would require people building the source to go and read it, which is not very friendly. --- README | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index a07c60ce8..d206b3f2b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ software might be needed: i18nspector (optional, author) shellcheck (optional, author) +The following test suite specific environment variables affect what gets run: + + - AUTHOR_TESTING: Runs author tests, that is tests that can fail due to + changes in tools used, and then require author intervention to fix them. + - SHORT_TESTING: Does not run expensive tests, usually from the author tests. + To enable additional developer's documentation («make doc») this software will be needed: -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
