Re: [RFC][PATCH] Basic unit testing support for GRUB

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:15:41PM +0530, BVK wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> Attached is the (experimental branch) patch for unit testing that I
> have in mind for GRUB.  Please let me know your comments.
> 
> It provides "make check" target which would build and execute test
> programs from "tests" directory.  We can write small programs to test
> specific functions in GRUB.  For example, attached patch has sample
> program comparing grub_sprintf behavior against standard sprintf
> output (from glibc).
> 
> Note that it currently has few gotchas, like using TARGET_CC instead
> of BUILD_CC, no support for XPASS, XFAIL tests, etc.

Some parts don't follow our coding style;  please check with indent(1)
utility, it should produce the right indentation.  Also, we use C-style
/**/ syntax for comments.

Ah, and could you include a ChangeLog entry?

Thank you!

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