Bug#741330: autopkgtest: please add ability to wrap a script/runner/adverb around existing tests

Hey Simon, this has been stuck for a while, so let's see how we can get at least some of this working. Simon McVittie [2014-04-04 20:42 +0100]: > Not quite: it can be a shell command line (with multiple words). The > idea was that you can do > > Interpreter: dbus-run-session -- env XDG_RUNTI

Bug#741330: autopkgtest: please add ability to wrap a script/runner/adverb around existing tests

Hello again, Martin Pitt [2014-04-04 16:44 +0100]: > * Read tests from a file: > >Tests: < debian/tests/testlist > > * Globbing: > >Tests: glib*.test > > Do you think that would suffice your needs? BTW, it's not desirable to actually do that for more than 5 or so tests. There is quite s

Bug#741330: autopkgtest: please add ability to wrap a script/runner/adverb around existing tests

On 04/04/14 16:44, Martin Pitt wrote: > Right, you can't immediately tell which individual test failed. > However, we don't currently have an XFAIL concept in autopkgtest, > i. e. we expect all tests to succeed. Sure, you hope all tests succeed, but when they (inevitably) don't, it would be nice

Bug#741330: autopkgtest: please add ability to wrap a script/runner/adverb around existing tests

Hey Simon, Simon McVittie [2014-03-11 10:35 +]: > It would be nice to be able to wrap tests designed for one of these other > frameworks to make them conform to autopkgtest syntax and requirements. > [...] > autopkgtest currently requires that each test is a separate > executable in debian/tes

Bug#741330: autopkgtest: please add ability to wrap a script/runner/adverb around existing tests

Package: autopkgtest Version: 2.9.1 Severity: wishlist autopkgtest is not the only implementation of "as-installed" package testing. Other options include: * GNOME InstalledTests (a test is a .desktop-style file in a subdirectory of /usr/share/installed-tests,