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authorMichael Widenius <monty@askmonty.org>2011-01-04 15:47:21 +0200
committerMichael Widenius <monty@askmonty.org>2011-01-04 15:47:21 +0200
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Updated README for MTR test suite
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@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ this directory. It will fire up the newly built mysqld and test it.
Note that you do not have to have to do "make install", and you could
actually have a co-existing MySQL installation. The tests will not
-conflict with it.
+conflict with it. To run the test suite in a source directory, you
+must do make first.
All tests must pass. If one or more of them fail on your system, please
read the following manual section for instructions on how to report the
problem:
-http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/mysql-test-suite.html
+http://kb.askmonty.org/v/reporting-bugs
If you want to use an already running MySQL server for specific tests,
use the --extern option to mysql-test-run. Please note that in this mode,
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ With no test cases named on the command line, mysql-test-run falls back
to the normal "non-extern" behavior. The reason for this is that some
tests cannot run with an external server.
-
You can create your own test cases. To create a test case, create a new
file in the t subdirectory using a text editor. The file should have a .test
extension. For example:
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ extension. For example:
edit the test result to the correct results so that we can verify
that the bug is corrected in future releases.
-To submit your test case, put your .test file and .result file(s) into
-a tar.gz archive, add a README that explains the problem, ftp the
-archive to ftp://support.mysql.com/pub/mysql/secret/ and send a mail
-to bugs@lists.mysql.com
+If you want to submit your test case you can send it
+to maria-developers@lists.launchpad.com or attach it to a bug report on
+https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria/.
+
+If the test case is really big or if it contains 'not public' data,
+then put your .test file and .result file(s) into a tar.gz archive,
+add a README that explains the problem, ftp the archive to
+ftp://ftp.askmonty.org/private and send a mail to
+https://bugs.launchpad.net/maria/ about it.