1$FreeBSD: src/lib/libc_r/test/README,v 1.1.2.1 2000/07/17 22:18:32 jasone Exp $ 2 3This test suite is meant to test general functionality of pthreads, as well as 4provide a simple framework for regression tests. In general, this test suite 5can be used with any pthreads library. 6 7There are two forms of test that the 'verify' script understands. The simpler 8form is the diff format, where the output of the test program is diff'ed with 9the correspondingly named .exp file. If there is diff output, the test fails. 10The sequence test format is somewhat more complex, and is documented in the 11command line usage output for verify. The advantage of this format is that it 12allows multiple tests to pass/fail within one program. 13 14There is no driving need for test naming consistency, but the existing tests 15generally follow these conventions: 16 17<name>_d.c <name>_d.exp : Diff mode C test and expected output file. 18<name>_s.c : Sequence mode C test. 19<name>_b*.c : Back end C program used by perl tests. 20<name>_d.pl <name>_d.pl.exp : Diff mode perl test and expected output file. 21<name>_s.pl : Sequence mode perl test. 22 23<name> is something descriptive, such as "pr14685" in the case of a PR-related 24regression test, or "mutex" in the case of a test of mutexes. 25