source: general/prog/dejagnu.xml@ 22ac237

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  <!ENTITY dejagnu-size          "1.08 MB">
  <!ENTITY dejagnu-buildsize     "8.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY dejagnu-time          ".04 SBU">
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<sect1 id="dejagnu" xreflabel="DejaGnu-&dejagnu-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="dejagnu.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">dejagnu</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>DejaGnu-&dejagnu-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="dejagnu">
    <primary sortas="a-DejaGnu">DejaGnu</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to DejaGnu</title>

    <para><application>DejaGnu</application> is a framework for running test
    suites on GNU tools. It is written in <command>expect</command>, which
    uses <application>Tcl</application> (Tool command language).</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&dejagnu-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&dejagnu-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &dejagnu-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &dejagnu-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &dejagnu-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &dejagnu-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">DejaGnu Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="expect"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of DejaGnu</title>

    <para>Install <application>DejaGnu</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
make install-doc</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the installation, issue <command>make check</command> as
    an unprivileged user.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Scripts</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>runtest</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>There are numerous <application>Expect</application> scripts installed in
        the <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/dejagnu</filename> hierarchy.</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/dejagnu</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="runtest">
        <term><command>runtest</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the <application>DejaGnu</application> test driver program. It is
          used to control what tests to run, and variations on how to run them.</para>
          <indexterm zone="dejagnu runtest">
            <primary sortas="b-runtest">runtest</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>