diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index f658dbf81..9af1948fe 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -47,6 +47,136 @@ For Windows, Microsoft provides some images (VMWare, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and Par for development: +## Testing + +Testing can be done using either Cargo or `make`. + +### Testing with Cargo + +Just like with building, we follow the standard procedure for testing using +Cargo: + +```shell +cargo test +``` + +By default, `cargo test` only runs the common programs. To run also platform +specific tests, run: + +```shell +cargo test --features unix +``` + +If you would prefer to test a select few utilities: + +```shell +cargo test --features "chmod mv tail" --no-default-features +``` + +If you also want to test the core utilities: + +```shell +cargo test -p uucore -p coreutils +``` + +To debug: + +```shell +gdb --args target/debug/coreutils ls +(gdb) b ls.rs:79 +(gdb) run +``` + +### Testing with GNU Make + +To simply test all available utilities: + +```shell +make test +``` + +To test all but a few of the available utilities: + +```shell +make SKIP_UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' test +``` + +To test only a few of the available utilities: + +```shell +make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' test +``` + +To include tests for unimplemented behavior: + +```shell +make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' SPEC=y test +``` + +### Run Busybox Tests + +This testing functionality is only available on *nix operating systems and +requires `make`. + +To run busybox tests for all utilities for which busybox has tests + +```shell +make busytest +``` + +To run busybox tests for a few of the available utilities + +```shell +make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' busytest +``` + +To pass an argument like "-v" to the busybox test runtime + +```shell +make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' RUNTEST_ARGS='-v' busytest +``` + +### Comparing with GNU + +To run uutils against the GNU test suite locally, run the following commands: + +```shell +bash util/build-gnu.sh +bash util/run-gnu-test.sh +# To run a single test: +bash util/run-gnu-test.sh tests/touch/not-owner.sh # for example +# To run several tests: +bash util/run-gnu-test.sh tests/touch/not-owner.sh tests/rm/no-give-up.sh # for example +# If this is a perl (.pl) test, to run in debug: +DEBUG=1 bash util/run-gnu-test.sh tests/misc/sm3sum.pl +``` + +Note that it relies on individual utilities (not the multicall binary). + +### Improving the GNU compatibility + +The Python script `./util/remaining-gnu-error.py` shows the list of failing +tests in the CI. + +To improve the GNU compatibility, the following process is recommended: + +1. Identify a test (the smaller, the better) on a program that you understand or + is easy to understand. You can use the `./util/remaining-gnu-error.py` script + to help with this decision. +1. Build both the GNU and Rust coreutils using: `bash util/build-gnu.sh` +1. Run the test with `bash util/run-gnu-test.sh ` +1. Start to modify `` to understand what is wrong. Examples: + 1. Add `set -v` to have the bash verbose mode + 1. Add `echo $?` where needed + 1. When the variable `fail` is used in the test, `echo $fail` to see when the + test started to fail + 1. Bump the content of the output (ex: `cat err`) + 1. ... +1. Or, if the test is simple, extract the relevant information to create a new + test case running both GNU & Rust implementation +1. Start to modify the Rust implementation to match the expected behavior +1. Add a test to make sure that we don't regress (our test suite is super quick) + ## Commit messages To help the project maintainers review pull requests from contributors across diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 296413bec..abf18255a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -286,96 +286,7 @@ make PREFIX=/my/path uninstall -## Testing - -Testing can be done using either Cargo or `make`. - -### Testing with Cargo - -Just like with building, we follow the standard procedure for testing using -Cargo: - -```shell -cargo test -``` - -By default, `cargo test` only runs the common programs. To run also platform -specific tests, run: - -```shell -cargo test --features unix -``` - -If you would prefer to test a select few utilities: - -```shell -cargo test --features "chmod mv tail" --no-default-features -``` - -If you also want to test the core utilities: - -```shell -cargo test -p uucore -p coreutils -``` - -To debug: - -```shell -gdb --args target/debug/coreutils ls -(gdb) b ls.rs:79 -(gdb) run -``` - -### Testing with GNU Make - -To simply test all available utilities: - -```shell -make test -``` - -To test all but a few of the available utilities: - -```shell -make SKIP_UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' test -``` - -To test only a few of the available utilities: - -```shell -make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' test -``` - -To include tests for unimplemented behavior: - -```shell -make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' SPEC=y test -``` - -### Run Busybox Tests - -This testing functionality is only available on *nix operating systems and -requires `make`. - -To run busybox tests for all utilities for which busybox has tests - -```shell -make busytest -``` - -To run busybox tests for a few of the available utilities - -```shell -make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' busytest -``` - -To pass an argument like "-v" to the busybox test runtime - -```shell -make UTILS='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' RUNTEST_ARGS='-v' busytest -``` - -### Comparing with GNU +## GNU test suite compatibility Below is the evolution of how many GNU tests uutils passes. A more detailed breakdown of the GNU test results of the main branch can be found @@ -383,40 +294,6 @@ breakdown of the GNU test results of the main branch can be found ![Evolution over time](https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/blob/main/gnu-results.png?raw=true) -To run locally: - -```shell -bash util/build-gnu.sh -bash util/run-gnu-test.sh -# To run a single test: -bash util/run-gnu-test.sh tests/touch/not-owner.sh # for example -# To run several tests: -bash util/run-gnu-test.sh tests/touch/not-owner.sh tests/rm/no-give-up.sh # for example -# If this is a perl (.pl) test, to run in debug: -DEBUG=1 bash util/run-gnu-test.sh tests/misc/sm3sum.pl -``` - -Note that it relies on individual utilities (not the multicall binary). - -### Improving the GNU compatibility - -The Python script `./util/remaining-gnu-error.py` shows the list of failing tests in the CI. - -To improve the GNU compatibility, the following process is recommended: - -1. Identify a test (the smaller, the better) on a program that you understand or is easy to understand. You can use the `./util/remaining-gnu-error.py` script to help with this decision. -1. Build both the GNU and Rust coreutils using: `bash util/build-gnu.sh` -1. Run the test with `bash util/run-gnu-test.sh ` -1. Start to modify `` to understand what is wrong. Examples: - 1. Add `set -v` to have the bash verbose mode - 1. Add `echo $?` where needed - 1. When the variable `fail` is used in the test, `echo $fail` to see when the test started to fail - 1. Bump the content of the output (ex: `cat err`) - 1. ... -1. Or, if the test is simple, extract the relevant information to create a new test case running both GNU & Rust implementation -1. Start to modify the Rust implementation to match the expected behavior -1. Add a test to make sure that we don't regress (our test suite is super quick) - ## Contributing To contribute to uutils, please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).