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authorYang Tse <yangsita@gmail.com>2008-02-11 20:21:06 +0000
committerYang Tse <yangsita@gmail.com>2008-02-11 20:21:06 +0000
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shell startup scripts and possible influence in scp/sftp/socks tests
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3 to 9. Any test numbers starting with ! are disabled, as are any test
numbers found in the file data/DISABLED (one per line).
+shell startup scripts:
+ Tests which use the ssh test server, SCP/SFTP/SOCKS tests, might get badly
+ influenced by the output of system wide or user specific shell startup scripts,
+ .bashrc, .profile, /etc/csh.cshrc, .login, /etc/bashrc, etc. which output text
+ messages or escape sequences on user login. When this shell startup messages
+ or escape sequences are output they might corrupt the expected stream of data
+ which flows to the sftp-server or from the ssh client which can result in bad
+ test behaviour or even prevent the test server from running.
+
+ If the test suite ssh or sftp server fails to start up and logs the message
+ 'Received message too long' then you are certainly suffering the unwanted
+ output of a shell startup script. Locate, cleanup or adjust the shell script.
+
Memory:
The test script will check that all allocated memory is freed properly IF
curl has been built with the CURLDEBUG define set. The script will