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Lionel Sambuc 11be35a165 Importing NetBSD "Kyua" test framework
To do so, a few dependencies have been imported:

 * external/bsd/lutok
 * external/mit/lua
 * external/public-domain/sqlite
 * external/public-domain/xz

The Kyua framework is the new generation of ATF (Automated Test
Framework), it is composed of:

 * external/bsd/atf
 * external/bsd/kyua-atf-compat
 * external/bsd/kyua-cli
 * external/bsd/kyua-tester
 * tests

Kyua/ATF being written in C++, it depends on libstdc++ which is
provided by GCC. As this is not part of the sources, Kyua is only
compiled when the native GCC utils are installed.

To install Kyua do the following:

 * In a cross-build enviromnent, add the following to the build.sh
   commandline: -V MKBINUTILS=yes -V MKGCCCMDS=yes

WARNING:
  At this point the import is still experimental, and not supported
  on native builds (a.k.a make build).

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.Dd December 26, 2012
.Dt KYUA-ATF-TESTER 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm kyua-atf-tester
.Nd Scriptable interface to interact with ATF test programs
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar generic_flags
.Ar subcommand
.Op Ar subcommand_flags
.Op Ar subcommand_args
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
provides a scriptable interface to interact with test programs that implement
the
.Xr kyua-atf-interface 7
test interface.
This manual page describes the specific features that apply to this specific
tester. For the generic manual page, which describes the command-line interface
in detail, please see
.Xr kyua-tester 1 .
.Ss Results conversion
The result format outputted by
.Nm
(described in
.Xr kyua-tester-result 5 )
is more restricted than what the ATF test case itself can output. The following
list details maps ATF test results to their generic results:
.Bl -tag -width expectedXfailureXX
.It expected_death
Maps to
.Sq expected_failure
if the death happens;
.Sq failed
otherwise.
.It expected_exit
Maps to
.Sq expected_failure
if the test exits cleanly;
.Sq failed
otherwise.
.It expected_failure
Maps to
.Sq expected_failure
if there is any failure during the execution;
.Sq failed
otherwise.
.It expected_signal
Maps to
.Sq expected_failure
if the test terminates due to a signal;
.Sq failed
otherwise.
.It expected_timeout
Maps to
.Sq expected_failure
if the test times out;
.Sq failed
otherwise.
.It failed
Maps to
.Sq failed .
.It passed
Maps to
.Sq passed .
.It skipped
Maps to
.Sq skipped .
.El
.Pp
Any of the previous test results
.Em can also map
to
.Sq broken
in those cases where there is an unexpected problem in the communcation between
the test and
.Nm .
For example, this will happen if result file created by the ATF test case does
not comply to what
.Xr kyua-atf-interface 7
describes.
.Ss Cleanup routines
Because
.Nm
cannot keep any contextual information between the listing of test cases and
their execution, the tester cannot easily (aka cheaply) know whether a test has
or has not a cleanup routine when it is run. For this reason, the
.Sq test
subcommand of
.Nm
will assume, by default, that a test case
.Em does have
a cleanup routine. This postive assumption ensures that, if the tester is
incorrectly executed, the test will be properly cleaned up.
.Pp
However, as an optimization, the caller can pass
.Sq -v has_cleanup=false
to the
.Sq test
subcommand to tell
.Nm
that the test being run does not have a cleanup routine.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kyua-tester 1 ,
.Xr kyua-atf-interface 7