This Git repo contains all the functional tests run for various packages and roles in the CentOS build + release process

filesystem layout:

tests/         : contains all test scripts

tests/0_lib/   : contains all the common functions and shared code for 

                 the tests all files in that directory are 'sourced' 

                 before any of the tests are run, which also means it 

                 can only contain bash code ( no subdir allowed )

tests/_common/ : Contain's testst that are run before any other test,

                 and immediately after the 0_lib/ code is sourced.

                 These should be tests that check system sanity and 

                 environment. These tests should also not leave behind

                 any state or content residue that would impact package

                 and role specific tests that are run after

tests/p_<name>/ : Each of the p_<name> directories would contain tests

                  for that specific package. The <name> needs to be -

                  rpm --qf "%{name}\n" for the srpm.

                  All package tests are run on a machine which has a minimal

                  install. Its not possible, at this time, to have a kickstart

                  attached with the package tests.

tests/r_<role>  : Each of the r_<role> directories should contain the tests

                  specific to a role. eg: 'lamp'. The test harness looks at

                  a file called 'pacakge_deps' inside each of the role directories

                  and runs the role tests if any package listed in that file 

                  has been changed / built etc.

                  Role tests can be run with specific kickstarts. At the moment

                  each role can have 1 kickstart file. It must be called 

                  ks_<role>.cfg and it must be in the tests/r_<role>/ directory

notes...

- each of the directories are parsed in alphabetical order, so its possible

  to set some sort of a run order by using <number>_<TestName>

- if tests are written in any language other than bash, its upto the test

  to install the required environment ( including python, ruby, perl.. )

- all files named 'readme', or starting with an underscore are ignored 

  by the test harness ( so one can use the _<filename> to host metadata

  or any config that might be needed for a test.

ToDo:

- At the moment the tests are not distro / arch specific, we might need a way

  to clearly mark a test as -only-for-c4- or -only-for-c5- etc ( specially

  when there are kickstart files involved, there are some non trivial changes

  in that area moving towards c6 )

- We also need a way to dictate if a role_<test> should be run on realiron,

  virtual machine host, virtual machine ( and maybe even the type of virt

  being used! )