X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=tests%2Fstar%2FREADME;h=57a66091c950d3b8c4f8766ccf68fed17707a6e7;hb=d30babc23b4f25be970ada2e63a50220a3672281;hp=2b96aa6bb132bf88ac9c2491386a778c631dd688;hpb=ee168310ec4227174ace489bf5f81f8c2f91cde0;p=debian%2Ftar diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README index 2b96aa6b..57a66091 100644 --- a/tests/star/README +++ b/tests/star/README @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ star "test archives". The archives themselves can be obtained from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts. These tests are disabled by default. There are two ways to run -them. The simplest is by `make check-full' command. It requires wget +them. The simplest is by 'make check-full' command. It requires wget and GNU md5sum to be installed. If you don't have these utilities, download the test archives manually and set the environment variable STAR_TESTSCRIPTS to point to the directory where they reside, for @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ example: or make TESTS_ENVIRONMENT='STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir' check -The file `quicktest.sh' is a separate test. It is never executed -within `make check' command, you will need to run it manually. -Please, carefully read section `quicktest.sh' below before running +The file 'quicktest.sh' is a separate test. It is never executed +within 'make check' command, you will need to run it manually. +Please, carefully read section 'quicktest.sh' below before running it. Following is a short description of the tests: @@ -52,18 +52,38 @@ containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB). This is a test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. It requires two files: ustar-all-quicktest.tar and quicktest.filelist, -(they usually reside in star/testscripts directory), and `tartest' program +(they usually reside in star/testscripts directory), and 'tartest' program (also part of star distribution). The test must be run only with root privileges, so it is a good idea to verify the contents of ustar-all-quicktest.tar before running it. -If `tartest' is not in your PATH, use TARTEST variable to specify its +If 'tartest' is not in your PATH, use TARTEST variable to specify its full file name. You may pass both STAR_TESTSCRIPTS and TARTEST variables as command line arguments to quicktest.sh, as shown in the example below: ./quicktest.sh STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir TARTEST=/path/to/tartest + +* Copying + +Copyright 2004, 2006-2008, 2010, 2012-2014, 2016 Free Software +Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of GNU tar. + +GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. + +GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program. If not, see . Local variables: mode: outline