[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Add test directory for testing private libalpm functions.

[Aaron Griffin]

On Dec 7, 2007 5:13 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 7, 2007 3:56 PM, Nathan Jones <nathanj at insightbb.com> wrote:
> > I found this useful when testing the shortest_delta_path code. Recently,
> > I ran valgrind on the test which helped to discover the memory leak.
> >
> > Not sure if you guys will want to apply this, but here it is.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nathan Jones <nathanj at insightbb.com>
>
> I really think we do need some test programs directly on libalpm-
> things that pactest can't fully set on fire.
>
> I'd definitely like to write a unit test harness for alpm_list_t, so
> this may provide some inspiration for that.

I agree. Nathan, this is great. I started a makepkg unit test setup
somewhere, but that went by the wayside. A pacman test setup is also
great.

If we're testing JUST the libalpm functions we may not need all the
complexity pactest has with creating DBs and the like, so we could go
with the precedent here