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diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README index 592e7cd73..9171e139e 100644 --- a/tests/README +++ b/tests/README @@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ Run: 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 |