Re: Java packages and autopkgtest

[Roger Shimizu <rosh@debian.org>]

On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 3:45 AM Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 6 Dec 2020, Roger Shimizu wrote:
>
> > I think dh_auto_configure prepares the environment, and real test is
> > performed by dh_auto_test.
>
> I think so, you think so, ok, let’s check.
>
>         sub test {
>                 my $this=shift;
>                 if (!@_) {
>                         push(@_, "test");
>                 }
>                 $this->doit_in_builddir(@{$this->{maven_cmd}}, @_);
>         }
>
> Yes, it does “mvn test”.
>
> > If the package is java library, the test is sufficient for autopkgtest.
>
> This “test” is *absolutely n̲o̲t̲* qualifying as autopkgtest
> because autopkgtests are all about *as-installed* package
> testing, and “mvn test” will locally rebuild then test that.

Yes, so my script doesn't include "dh_auto_build".
It only tests the installed package built by buildd, so it depends on "@".
Anyway, the test code needs to be built.

Cheers,
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