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DejaGnu is a framework for testing other programs. Its purpose is to provide a single front end for all tests. Think of it as a custom library of Tcl procedures crafted to support writing a test harness. A test harness is the testing infrastructure that is created to support a specific program or tool. Each program can have multiple testsuites, all supported by a single test harness. DejaGnu is written in Expect, which in turn uses Tcl -- Tool command language.
The current version of DejaGnu is 1.4.4.
DejaGnu releases can be found in the subdirectory /gnu/dejagnu on your nearest GNU mirror.
The latest development sources are available via anonymous CVS. Use the following commands to do a checkout. If prompted for a password, press enter.
$ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/dejagnu co dejagnu
For more detailed information on using CVS at gnu.org, read CVS Usage at gnu.org. You can also browse the sources.
For other ways to obtain DejaGnu, please read How to get GNU Software.
Browsable documentation for the current version of DejaGnu is kept online. There are also compressed RTF, Postscript and PDF versions of the manual suitable for hardcopy.
On systems where DejaGnu is already installed, you can read the documentation online by typing info dejagnu or man runtest. Some binary packages of DejaGnu may include documentation in other formats in /usr/share/doc/dejagnu or similar.
DejaGnu has three mailing lists hosted by the GNU Project. Archives of these lists are kept.
dejagnu@gnu.org is for discussion of DejaGnu development, porting to new platforms, ideas for the future, general usage or problems. New releases are announced here. You can subscribe using the GNU Mailman web interface. Volume on this list is steady.
bug-dejagnu@gnu.org is a special list for reporting bugs and for developers to track submitted bug reports. If you think you have found a bug in DejaGnu, then please submit a report by following the bug reporting guidelines. You can subscribe using the GNU Mailman web interface. Volume is typically low.
dejagnu-commit@gnu.org is where notifications of CVS commits are automatically sent. If you wish to see these changes as they happen, subscribe to this list. Volume is sporadic, but typically low.
If you would like a feature to be included in future versions of DejaGnu, please send a request to the development mailing list. Development of DejaGnu is a volunteer effort, and you can also contribute to its development. For information about contributing to the GNU Project, please read How You Can Help the GNU Project.
If you think you have found a bug in DejaGnu, then you should send as complete a report as possible to <bug-dejagnu@gnu.org>. Ideally you should include the output of the config.guess script supplied with DejaGnu, the output of the configure script and if you can, a patch made with diff -u5 which shows how to fix the problem.
DejaGnu is maintained by Rob Savoye and Ben Elliston.
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