X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=tests%2Fstar%2FREADME;h=e247ff4fba4cde651de2defd04b96180b7294159;hb=5944f452b0e615a172a9f058877671ff6272abb8;hp=8e1b231dcaad2b754fafad2367d5320cf71c3bd5;hpb=4883aab47da8c96c2281949729ed0462e87fa6dd;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README index 8e1b231..e247ff4 100644 --- a/tests/star/README +++ b/tests/star/README @@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ This directory contains scripts for testing GNU tar using star "test archives". The archives themselves can be obtained -from http://download.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts. +from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts. -The tests are ignored unless environment variable STAR_TESTSCRIPTS -is set and points to the directory where the test archives reside. -Sample usage: +These tests are disabled by default. There are two ways to run +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 +example: make STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir check or @@ -49,9 +52,9 @@ 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/tartest 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 test contents of +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