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Chapter 7. Entering Chroot and Building Additional Tools

7.16. DejaGNU-1.6.2

The DejaGnu package contains a framework for running test suites on GNU tools. It is written in expect, which itself uses Tcl (Tool Command Language).

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 4.6 MB

7.16.1. Installation of DejaGNU

Prepare DejaGNU for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr
makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/dejagnu.html doc/dejagnu.texi
makeinfo --plaintext       -o doc/dejagnu.txt  doc/dejagnu.texi

Build and install the package: 

make install
install -v -dm755  /usr/share/doc/dejagnu-1.6.2
install -v -m644   doc/dejagnu.{html,txt} /usr/share/doc/dejagnu-1.6.2

To test the results, issue: 

make check

7.16.2. Contents of DejaGNU

Installed program: runtest

Short Descriptions

runtest

A wrapper script that locates the proper expect shell and then runs DejaGNU