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Chapter 8. Installing Basic System Software

8.17. DejaGNU-1.6.3

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: 6.9 MB

8.17.1. Installation of DejaGNU

The upstream recommends building DejaGNU in a dedicated build directory: 

mkdir -v build
cd       build

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

To test the results, issue: 

make check

Install the package: 

make install
install -v -dm755  /usr/share/doc/dejagnu-1.6.3
install -v -m644   doc/dejagnu.{html,txt} /usr/share/doc/dejagnu-1.6.3

8.17.2. Contents of DejaGNU

Installed program: dejagnu and runtest

Short Descriptions

dejagnu

DejaGNU auxiliary command launcher

runtest

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