X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/e02c3a9ec2b2f7a8d4aecd70f2ecdae27c207aa9..708e2f1fe99e6f067292bc909f03f12c181e4798:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9020a3d6a..5c8fb1ad0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Our bugtracker as well as a general overview can be found at the [Debian Tracker Contributing ------------ APT is maintained in git, the official repository being located at -`git://anonscm.debian.org/apt/apt.git` ([webgit](http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git)), +`git://anonscm.debian.org/apt/apt.git` ([webgit](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/apt/apt.git)), but also available at other locations like [GitHub](https://github.com/Debian/apt). The default branch is `master`, other branches targeted at different @@ -47,22 +47,22 @@ are encouraged to do as well. APT uses cmake. To start building, you need to run - cmake + cmake from a build directory. For example, if you want to build in the source tree, run: - cmake . + cmake . Then you can use make as you normally would (pass -j to perform jobs in parallel). You can also use the Ninja generator of cmake, to do that pass - -G Ninja + -G Ninja to the cmake invocation, and then use ninja instead of make. The source code uses in most parts a relatively uncommon indent convention, -namely 3 spaces with 8 space tab (see [doc/style.txt](http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git;a=blob;f=doc/style.txt) for more on this). +namely 3 spaces with 8 space tab (see [doc/style.txt](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/apt/apt.git/tree/doc/style.txt) for more on this). Adhering to it avoids unnecessary code-churn destroying history (aka: `git blame`) and you are therefore encouraged to write patches in this style. Your editor can surely help you with this, for vim the settings would be @@ -98,15 +98,27 @@ Testing When you make changes and want to run them manually, you can just do so. CMake automatically inserts an rpath so the binaries find the correct libraries. +Note that you have to invoke CMake with the right install prefix set (e.g. +`-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr`) to have your build find and use the right files +by default or alternatively set the locations at runtime via an `APT_CONFIG` +configuration file. + ### Integration tests -There is a extensive integration testsuite available which can be run via: +There is an extensive integration testsuite available which can be run via: $ ./test/integration/run-tests -While these tests are not executed at package build-time as they require additional -dependencies, the repository contains the configuration needed to run them on [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/) -as well as via autopkgtests e.g. on [Debian Continuous Integration](http://ci.debian.net/?q=apt#package/apt). +Each test can also be run individually as well. The tests are very noisy by +default, especially so while running all of them it might be beneficial to +enabling quiet (`-q`) or very quiet (`-qq`) mode. The tests can also be run in +parallel via `-j X` where `X` is the number of jobs to run. + +While these tests are not executed at package build-time as they require +additional dependencies, the repository contains the configuration needed to +run them on [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/) and +[Shippable](https://shippable.com/) as well as via autopkgtests e.g. on +[Debian Continuous Integration](https://ci.debian.net/packages/a/apt/). A testcase here is a shellscript embedded in a framework creating an environment in which apt tools can be used naturally without root-rights to test every aspect of its behavior @@ -115,8 +127,10 @@ itself as well as in conjunction with dpkg and other tools while working with pa ### Unit tests -These tests are gtest-dev based, reside in `./test/libapt` and can be run with `make test`. -They are executed at package build-time, but not by `make`. +These tests are gtest-dev based, executed by ctest, reside in `./test/libapt` +and can be run with `make test`. They are executed at package build-time, but +not by `make`. CTest by default does not show the output of tests, even if they +failed, so to see more details you can also run them with `ctest --verbose`. Debugging --------- @@ -127,7 +141,7 @@ in certain areas. The following describes some common scenarios and generally useful options, but is in no way exhaustive. Note that you should *NEVER* use these settings as root to avoid accidents. -Similation mode (`-s`) is usually sufficient to help you run apt as a non-root user. +Simulation mode (`-s`) is usually sufficient to help you run apt as a non-root user. ### Using different state files