Re: changes in testing sub-system: umlplutotest

On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 02:05:52PM -0500, Michael Richardson wrote:
> In order to write a new test case for co-terminal tunnels, I needed
> to have three UMLs under "management" (meaning, I can control the
> setup and configuration of them via commands sent to the console)
> 
> The current test "umlplutotest" can manage at most two such systems.
> 
> I started by generalizing the "2host-test.tcl" to 3, and decided to
> do 'X' systems instead. I then rewrote the umlplutotest to actually use
> the X-capable test, "Xhost-test.tcl" (Maybe I should called it "Nhost-test")

I would have used Nhost-test...

> I realize that this can be confusing. The Xhost test now has a list. A
> test may define:
>      XHOST_LIST="EAST WEST FOO BAR"
> 
> to create slots by those names. It could equally well be:
>    XHOST_LIST="HOST1 HOST2 HOST3 HOST4"
> 
> 
> For each host defined, there are five variables that must be set for
> Xhost-test.tcl.
> 
> 	${host}_START		- program to start UML. Usually set
> 				  for you by functions.sh
> 
> 	${host}_{INIT,RUN,FINAL}_SCRIPT	  - script to run during init,
> 				during runtime, and to shutdown the UML.
> 
> 	REF_${host}_CONSOLE_OUTPUT     - copy of console output to be
> 				  compared against.

Ok, so all of this should be backwards compatible with existing tests,
right?

> This code is in HEAD, and snapshots, but is not expected to release
> with 2.00.

Excellent!  Thanks for this generalisation.

> ]   Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON    |net architect[

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