Re: misc/45038: lack of tests options

[Nicolas Joly <njoly%pasteur.fr@localhost>]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 05:12:52PM +0200, Nicolas Joly wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 04:01:12PM +0100, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> > On 6/16/11 3:52 PM, Nicolas Joly wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 02:44:21PM +0100, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Also document the unprivileged_user option.  It's used explicitly by
> > >> some tests.  (It defaults to _atf.)
> > > 
> > > I don't find it anywhere. Is it "require.user" = "unprivileged" ? 
> > 
> > Ah sorry, it's unprivileged-user.
> 
> Got it.
> 
> > > IMHO, we should only document in tests(7) the configuration variables
> > > which are not part of ATF.
> > 
> > Well, I guess this one is a bit of a compromise.  unprivileged-user
> > was _not_ an atf-specific variable; it used to be defined by NetBSD
> > only.  These days, it has a special meaning in atf itself, but some
> > NetBSD tests query it directly to do their own stuff.  In other
> > words, it is not only used by require.user=unprivileged, but also to
> > perform some specific actions in the tmpfs tests.
> 
> I'll have a look, and add it.

Julio,

Is the `unprivileged-user' option description correct ?

Thanks.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Projects and Developments in Bioinformatics
Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Index: share/man/man7/tests.7
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN
 .\" IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd November 7, 2010
+.Dd June 16, 2011
 .Dt TESTS 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ The suite-specific configuration file im
 which contains properties shared among all test suites.
 These files conform to the configuration file format described in
 .Xr atf-formats 5 .
+.Pp
+The following configuration variables are available in the
+.Nx
+test suite :
+.Bl -tag -width "unprivileged-user"
+.It fstype
+When set to a filesystem type, restrict tests programs from the
+.Pa /usr/tests/fs/vfs/
+tree to only run test cases for the given type.
+.It unprivileged-user
+This variable allows setting an unprivileged user login name to be used by
+tests. Default to
+.Sq _atf .
+.El
 .Ss What to do if something fails?
 If there is
 .Em any failure