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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5   %general-entities;
6 ]>
8 <sect1 id="ch-tools-dejagnu" role="wrap">
9   <?dbhtml filename="dejagnu.html"?>
11   <sect1info condition="script">
12     <productname>dejagnu</productname>
13     <productnumber>&dejagnu-version;</productnumber>
14     <address>&dejagnu-url;</address>
15   </sect1info>
17   <title>DejaGNU-&dejagnu-version;</title>
19   <indexterm zone="ch-tools-dejagnu">
20     <primary sortas="a-DejaGNU">DejaGNU</primary>
21   </indexterm>
23   <sect2 role="package">
24     <title/>
26     <para>The <application>DejaGnu</application> package contains a framework for running test
27       suites on GNU tools. It is written in <command>expect</command>, which itself
28       uses <application>Tcl</application> (Tool Command Language).</para>
30     <segmentedlist>
31       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
32       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
34       <seglistitem>
35         <seg>&dejagnu-tmp-sbu;</seg>
36         <seg>&dejagnu-tmp-du;</seg>
37       </seglistitem>
38     </segmentedlist>
40   </sect2>
42   <sect2 role="installation">
43     <title>Installation of DejaGNU</title>
45     <para>Prepare DejaGNU for compilation:</para>
47 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr
48 makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/dejagnu.html doc/dejagnu.texi
49 makeinfo --plaintext       -o doc/dejagnu.txt  doc/dejagnu.texi</userinput></screen>
51     <para>Build and install the package:</para>
53 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install
54 install -v -dm755  /usr/share/doc/dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;
55 install -v -m644   doc/dejagnu.{html,txt} /usr/share/doc/dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;</userinput></screen>
57     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
59 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
61   </sect2>
64   <sect2 id="contents-dejagnu" role="content">
65     <title>Contents of DejaGNU</title>
67     <segmentedlist>
68       <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
70       <seglistitem>
71         <seg>runtest</seg>
72       </seglistitem>
73     </segmentedlist>
75     <variablelist>
76       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
77       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
78       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
80       <varlistentry id="runtest">
81         <term><command>runtest</command></term>
82         <listitem>
83           <para>A wrapper script that locates the proper
84           <command>expect</command> shell and then runs DejaGNU</para>
85           <indexterm zone="ch-tools-dejagnu runtest">
86             <primary sortas="b-runtest">runtest</primary>
87           </indexterm>
88         </listitem>
89       </varlistentry>
91     </variablelist>
93   </sect2>
95 </sect1>