On 10/14/06, DJ Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IDK. I happen to be working on a new mail server right now. I'll be
installing the new version of Postfix tomorrow afternoon, and will look
into it at that time. Will pass on my results as well and see if we can
figure out why so many failures. I don't recall the tests target being
there last time I updated postfix, but that was back at 2.1.x IIRC. It
might just be a new addition that hasn't quite matured yet.
Sorry for stealing the ticket from you. If you happen to see anything
you don't like on what I committed, feel free to change it.
AFAICT, the tests have been there a long time. Googling showed some
hits from years back. They're not really advertised, though. The
top-level (at least now) has a tests target, but the tests themselves
are buried in the subdirectory Makefiles with no guidance besides a
few comments in the Makefiles. There are also root_tests and test
targets, but these don't have an associated toplevel target. They'd be
difficult to run, I think.
I'm pretty sure the testsuite is only intended for the developers,
though. The host has to have some pretty specific setup to run the
tests correctly. Here's a comment in src/smtpd/Makefile.in (this
target is called by tests):
# This requires that 168,100.189.7 is a local or virtual interface.
smtpd_check_backup_test: smtpd_check smtpd_check_backup.in
smtpd_check_backup.ref
./smtpd_check <smtpd_check_backup.in >smtpd_check.tmp 2>&1
diff smtpd_check_backup.ref smtpd_check.tmp
rm -f smtpd_check.tmp
Umm, who has 168.100.189.7 set up as a local interface by default? I'm
thinking about adding a note like Randy said, but if you want to put
together a setup, go for it.
--
Dan
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