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authorFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>2009-10-08 17:18:51 -0400
committerFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@elastic.org>2009-10-08 17:22:52 -0400
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testsuite: robustify check_* invocation of examples meta
testsuite/systemtap.examples/ * check.exp (extract_tag): Log extracted tags. Tolerate embedded '$'. (run_command): Pass through commands to sh -c without eval quoting. * README: Document "sh -c"-ness of check_* tags. * *.meta: Fix quoting, add a few check_support predicates.
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@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ examples. Discussions take place on the
system-wide or pid
arg_[0-9]+: Describe what the arguments into the script are. (optional)
description: A text description what the script does. (required)
- test_check: How to check that the example compiles.
+ test_support: How to check that the example is applicable. Run by 'sh -c COMMAND'.
+ (e.g. stap -l needed.probe)
+ test_check: How to check that the example compiles. Run by 'sh -c COMMAND'.
(e.g. stap -p4 iotime.stp)
- test_installcheck: How to check that the example runs.
+ test_installcheck: How to check that the example runs. Run by 'sh -c COMMAND'.
(e.g. stap iotime.stp -c "sleep 1")