dev/package/check

Package Checking Support

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Package Checking

Distribution Checking

  • Saves the repository revision that was checked.

package_check_dist()

This function performs the actions required for implementing the distcheck rule in a package Makefile. Its goal is to verify that the package distribution archives work from beginning to the end. This is accomplished by the following steps:

$1 - Test directory

  • Runs check-archive rule in the test directory.

package_check_archive()

This function performs the actions required for implementing the check-archive rule in a package Makefile. Its goal is to verify that a package distribution archive can be extracted, built, and tested. This is accomplished by the following steps:

$1 - Test directory

  • Prepares the distribution archive for testing: - Removes the old test directory, if it exists.
    • Extracts the archive to the test directory
  • Builds and checks the extracted package archive
    • Extracts the archive
    • Moves extracted package directory to testing location
    • Bootstrap script builds everything
    • Built-in test suites pass
    • Cleanup rules remove all generated files
  • Cleans up the test directory

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