lfs-book/chapter05/dejagnu.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-tools-dejagnu" role="wrap">
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  <title>DejaGNU-&dejagnu-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-dejagnu">
    <primary sortas="a-DejaGNU">DejaGNU</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The DejaGNU package contains a framework for testing other
    programs.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>0.1 SBU</seg>
        <seg>6.1 MB</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Expect, GCC, Glibc, Grep,
        Make, Sed, and Tcl</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of DejaGNU</title>

    <para>Prepare DejaGNU for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>

    <para>Build and install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue:
    <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

  </sect2>


  <sect2 id="contents-dejagnu" role="content">
    <title>Contents of DejaGNU</title>

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      <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>runtest</seg>
      </seglistitem>
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      <varlistentry id="runtest">
        <term><command>runtest</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A wrapper script that locates the proper
          <command>expect</command> shell and then runs DejaGNU</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-tools-dejagnu runtest">
            <primary sortas="b-runtest">runtest</primary>
          </indexterm>
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