DejaGnu-1.5

Introduction to DejaGnu

DejaGnu is a framework for running test suites on GNU tools. It is written in expect, which uses Tcl (Tool command language). It was installed by LFS in the temprary /tools directory. These instructions install it permanently.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

DejaGnu Dependencies

Required (Run-time Only)

Expect-5.45

Optional

DocBook-utils-0.6.14

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/dejagnu

Installation of DejaGnu

Install DejaGnu by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Now, as the root user:

make install &&
make install-doc

To test the installation, issue make check as an unprivileged user.

Contents

Installed Program: runtest
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Scripts: There are numerous Expect scripts installed in the /usr/share/dejagnu hierarchy.
Installed Directory: /usr/share/dejagnu

Short Descriptions

runtest

is the DejaGnu test driver program. It is used to control what tests to run, and variations on how to run them.

Last updated on 2011-11-08 19:45:29 +0000