Pointing this argument at a tmpfs filesystem can improve the
speed of the test suite for some users.
+Certain tests require precomputed databases to complete. You can fetch these
+databases with
+
+ make download-test-databases
+
+If you do not download the test databases, the relevant tests will be
+skipped.
+
When invoking the test suite via "make test" any of the above options
can be specified as follows:
TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient ./emacs
make test TEST_EMACS=my-special-emacs TEST_EMACSCLIENT=my-emacsclient
+Some tests may require a c compiler. You can choose the name and flags similarly
+to with emacs, e.g.
+
+ make test TEST_CC=gcc TEST_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
+
+Quiet Execution
+---------------
+
+Normally, when new script starts and when test PASSes you get a message
+printed on screen. This printing can be disabled by setting the
+NOTMUCH_TEST_QUIET variable to a non-null value. Message on test
+failures and skips are still printed.
+
Skipping Tests
--------------
If, for any reason, you need to skip one or more tests, you can do so
After assigning test_description, the test script should source
test-lib.sh like this:
- . ./test-lib.sh
+ . ./test-lib.sh || exit 1
This test harness library does the following things: