Re: test case metadata

[Antti Kantee <pooka%cs.hut.fi@localhost>]

On Mon Apr 19 2010 at 10:45:41 +0100, Julio Merino wrote:
> You should be able to do that now.  You can pass arbitrary variables
> to the test through the command line, in one of the following forms:
> 
> ./t_rename -v deadline=300 foo-test-case
> or
> atf-run -v deadline=300 t_rename
> 
> You can then query this deadline variable using atf_tc_get_config_var
> in C or atf_config_get in sh.  Just be sure to set a default value for
> them so that they are not required.

The good thing about arbitrary values is that everyone can have their
own ;)

If we want something really supported by the test framework, it should
be enforced by the test framework instead of letting each testcase do
a little of their own magic.