Changeset 1933 for trunk/test/README

Timestamp:

Apr 30, 2009, 11:56:25 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Peter

Message:

shell tests cannot be run from anywhere, so avoid insinuating that

File:

• trunk/test/README (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/test/README

@@ -84 +84 @@
   If a test needs a data file, place the data in directory
   'test/data'. However, you should feel free to re-use the data files
-  already there. It should be possible to run test from any directory,
-  in particular from builddir in a VPATH build. One way to easily
-  achieve this is to use test::filename(), which gives you the
-  absolute path to the file.
+  already there. It should be possible to run the test suite also in a
+  VPATH build in which builddir and srcdir are not the same. To avoid
+  problems with files not found in VPATH builds, use the function
+  test::filename() which gives you the absolute path to the file.
 
   If a test grows large, avoid having several tests in one long