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diff --git a/test/py/README.md b/test/py/README.md index 2156661d6c..3cbe01b73e 100644 --- a/test/py/README.md +++ b/test/py/README.md @@ -21,19 +21,26 @@ involves executing some binary and interacting with its stdin/stdout. You will need to implement various "hook" scripts that are called by the test suite at the appropriate time. -On Debian or Debian-like distributions, the following packages are required. -Some packages are required to execute any test, and others only for specific -tests. Similar package names should exist in other distributions. - -| Package | Version tested (Ubuntu 14.04) | -| -------------- | ----------------------------- | -| python | 2.7.5-5ubuntu3 | -| python-pytest | 2.5.1-1 | -| python-subunit | - | -| gdisk | 0.8.8-1ubuntu0.1 | -| dfu-util | 0.5-1 | -| dtc | 1.4.0+dfsg-1 | -| openssl | 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.22 | +In order to run the testsuite at a minimum we require that both python3 and +pip for python3 be installed. All of the required python modules are +described in the requirements.txt file in this directory and can be installed +with the command ```pip install -r requirements.txt``` + +In order to execute certain tests on their supported platforms other tools +will be required. The following is an incomplete list: + +| Package | +| -------------- | +| gdisk | +| dfu-util | +| dtc | +| openssl | +| sudo OR guestmount | +| e2fsprogs | +| dosfstools | + +Please use the apporirate commands for your distribution to match these tools +up with the package that provides them. The test script supports either: @@ -45,18 +52,16 @@ The test script supports either: ### Using `virtualenv` to provide requirements -Older distributions (e.g. Ubuntu 10.04) may not provide all the required -packages, or may provide versions that are too old to run the test suite. One -can use the Python `virtualenv` script to locally install more up-to-date -versions of the required packages without interfering with the OS installation. -For example: +The recommended way to run the test suite, in order to ensure reproducibility +is to use `virtualenv` to set up the necessary environment. This can be done +via the following commands: ```bash $ cd /path/to/u-boot -$ sudo apt-get install python python-virtualenv -$ virtualenv venv +$ sudo apt-get install python3 python3-virtualenv +$ virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 venv $ . ./venv/bin/activate -$ pip install pytest +$ pip install -r test/py/requirements.txt ``` ## Testing sandbox |