[Libguestfs] [PATCH v2 6/9] tests: Add tests using a captive daemon process.

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 07:11:56PM +0200, Pino Toscano wrote:
> In data giovedì 25 giugno 2015 15:56:58, Richard W.M. Jones ha scritto:
> > This allows us to test the daemon running as a host process, allowing
> > us to meaningfully test it using valgrind.
> > 
> > This commit only adds a single test that check that the daemon starts
> > up, can be pinged, and exits.
> > ---
> > [...]> +sub run_tests {
> > +    my $g = Sys::Guestfs->new();
> > +    my $tmpdir = $g->get_tmpdir;
> > +    my $verbose = $g->get_verbose;
> 
> On this throw-away handle we could check whether the unix backend is
> built in (unlike in RHEL, for example):
> 
>  eval {
>      $g->set_backend ("unix:/idontexist");
>  };
>  if ($@) {
>      warn "$0: skipping test because the 'unix' backend not available\n";
>      exit 77;
>  };

I'll likely patch this test out separately in downstream RHEL.  Better
than adding hacks upstream - for instance it's plausible that a future
libguestfs would check if the socket exists in the set_backend call.

Rich.

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