dh_auto_test(1)
NAME
dh_auto_test - automatically runs a package's test suites
SYNOPSIS
dh_auto_test [buildsystemoptions] [debhelperoptions] [--params]
DESCRIPTION
dh_auto_test is a debhelper program that tries to automatically run a
package's test suite. It does so by running the appropriate command for
the build system it detects the package uses. For example, if there's a
Makefile and it contains a "test" or "check" target, then this is done
by running make (or MAKE, if the environment variable is set). If the
test suite fails, the command will exit nonzero. If there's no test
suite, it will exit zero without doing anything.
This is intended to work for about 90% of packages with a test suite.
If it doesn't work, you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_test at
all, and just run the test suite manually.
OPTIONS
See "BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS" in debhelper(7) for a list of common build
system selection and control options.
- -- params
- Pass "params" to the program that is run. These can be used to
supplement or override the any standard parameters that
dh_auto_test passes.
NOTES
If the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable contains "nocheck", no
tests will be performed.
SEE ALSO
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>