1DH_AUTO_TEST(1) Debhelper DH_AUTO_TEST(1)
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6 dh_auto_test - automatically runs a package's test suites
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9 dh_auto_test [build system options] [debhelper options] [-- params]
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12 dh_auto_test is a debhelper program that tries to automatically run a
13 package's test suite. It does so by running the appropriate command for
14 the build system it detects the package uses. For example, if there's a
15 Makefile and it contains a test or check target, then this is done by
16 running make (or MAKE, if the environment variable is set). If the test
17 suite fails, the command will exit nonzero. If there's no test suite,
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20 This is intended to work for about 90% of packages with a test suite.
21 If it doesn't work, you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_test at
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25 See "BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS" in debhelper(7) for a list of common build
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39 This program is a part of debhelper.
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42 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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