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| author | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-10-31 20:43:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> | 2012-10-31 20:43:54 +0000 |
| commit | 0eb69512575e1e2ccfec4c4489fa3fb6201d38d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 9877d34e5925c4bdfc313f3498e811b1b81b9d7e /INSTALL | |
| parent | 84097ebac3fe750617b900de3e14b2f11af6e75b (diff) | |
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Document general use of test-wrapper and test-wrapper-env.
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 9c62786de0..d70019883a 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ HOSTNAME is the host name of a system that can run the newly built binaries of the GNU C Library. The source and build directories must be visible at the same locations on both the build system and HOSTNAME. + In general, when testing the GNU C Library, `test-wrapper' may be set +to the name and arguments of any program to run newly built binaries. +This program must preserve the arguments to the binary being run, its +working directory, all environment variables set as part of testing and +the standard input, output and error file descriptors. If +`TEST-WRAPPER env' will not work to run a program with environment +variables set, then `test-wrapper-env' must be set to a program that +runs a newly built program with environment variable assignments in +effect, those assignments being specified as `VAR=VALUE' before the +name of the program to be run. + Installing the C Library ======================== |