dev env again

dev env again

[Catonano]

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How do I learn about how to write new system tests ?

What I'd like to do is not that complicated

I'm taking a look at the file tests/elpa.scm in order to understand how
system tests are supposed to be written

There's this excerpt

(define (eval-test-with-elpa pkg)
  (mock
   ;; replace the two fetching functions
   ((guix import elpa) fetch-elpa-package


what's this mock thing that gets called ?

I git pull, make clean, clean-go, remove suroius .go files manally, build

then guile --listen (I don't remember that trick to use a socket file),
connect emacs, looking for my old thread in which Alex Kost indicated C-c .
u

and then I do C-c .u on "mock"

no code for module (test-elpa)

I tried with "i" in the info manual but "mock" couldn't be found

where can I learn anything about that "mock" thing (is it a function or a
macro ) ?

More generally, how do I learn about how to write new system tests ?

Thanks in advance

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Re: dev env again

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello Catonano,

Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> skribis:

> How do I learn about how to write new system tests ?

Documentation on this is sparse, to say, the least, but these pages may
help:

  https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/news/guixsd-system-tests.html
  https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Running-the-Test-Suite.html (bottom)
  
Then I suggest that you take a look at some of the tests in:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/tests/

> What I'd like to do is not that complicated
>
> I'm taking a look at the file tests/elpa.scm in order to understand how
> system tests are supposed to be written

Under tests/ you’ll find unit tests, not system tests.

HTH!

Ludo’.