Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I know of test harness in the source RPM. But I doesn't think it is so
straight fowrward to expand
it, not for the implementation but for the test case to produce. Un package
manager so rich of function
 as RPM it isn't so simple to test, i think you agreed with this.

Best regards

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 1:26 PM, James Olin Oden <james.oden@gmail.com>
wrote:

> A test harness does exist in the sources, IIRC, in the directory
> test-harness.  There is a README.  It was always prototype code, but
> for what it did it worked.   It could test:
>
>   rollback mechanisms
>   erasures
>   installs
>   upgrade
>
> It would need to be expanded to in astraight fowrward way cover other
> things.
>
> Cheers...james
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:51 PM, devzero2000 <pinto.elia@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would like to propose a test harness program for rpm. I hope can be of
> > interest.
> >
> > The points which could be useful:
> >
> > - rollback mechanisms
> > - erase erasure
> > - scriptlet (lua ?)
> > - run-time probe
> > - dependency
> > - TO BE DEFINED .......................
> >
> > It will not be simple but it is a begin.
> >
> > What is important is the aim which one  wanted to reach.
> >
> > I don't know, appart a test harness  for transactional  rollback, if
> there
> > have been other contributions or proposal organic in this area.
> >
> > What do you think about it ?
> >
> > Too much ambitious ? or Useless ?
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> >
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