Bug#692812: src:fluidsynth: libfluindsynth-dev needs a compile/link/run autopkg test

[Martin Pitt]

Hello Reinhard,

Reinhard Tartler [2012-11-12 15:28 +0100]:
> Does it really? The attached build script does not seem to include any
> reference to pkg-config,etc.

Oops, indeed; it does for other autopkgtests, that slipped through the
copy&paste, sorry. So, just include files/dependencies.

> What is the easiest and fastest way to actually run adt tests?
> 
> I did skim through the adt specification and the package
> documentation, but I am not going to setup XEN and LVM. isn't there
> also easier and more lightweight options? Maybe something involving
> qemu/kvm that does not require root?

I don't use either. For simple cases which do not destroy the test bed
(like this test), the easiest thing to do is to run it on the local
system:

  sudo adt-run --built-tree=. --no-built-binaries --- adt-virt-null

the "null" runner does not do any chroot, etc.

autopkgtest does not (yet) have an adt-virt-kvm; we do have some
scripts in Ubuntu to create a VM with kvm (prepare-testbed) and run an
autopkgtest in that VM (run-adt-test):

  http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~auto-package-testing-dev/auto-package-testing/trunk/files

doc/USAGE.md shows the details. But as I said, adt-virt-null is
perfectly fine for this particular test.

You can also just run "debian/tests/build; echo $?", but that won't
ensure that all the test dependencies are installed, that the test
exits with 0 and that nothing goes to stderr.

Thanks,

Martin
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