Package: autopkgtest Version: 5.5 Severity: wishlist Please consider adding "The test environment" section (or something like it) that I added to the autopkgtest tutorial page. It gives an introductory description of the general environment in which a CI test script runs in a way that I have not found elsewhere. The file is small, so I am attaching the whole gzipped file to avoid possible issues with diff on the very long line that is the table of contents list at the start of the file. The original web page is at
https://ci.debian.net/doc/file.TUTORIAL.html
I copied the two paragraphs that describe AUTOPKGTEST_TMP and
AUTOPKGTEST_ARCHIVE from
https://people.debian.org/~mpitt/autopkgtest/README.package-tests.html
I do not know if what I wrote is accurate, because I do not understand
every virtual environment where autopkgtest can run. Resolving my
uncertainty will hopefully let me write optimal CI test scripts in the
future. What I have written, though, is background information that I
did not see anywhere. It would have saved me time when I started
trying to use CI testing; hopefully it will save others time.
I am submitting this as a new bug rather than modifying bug #906617,
because I would like to still have at least prefix=/usr and DESTDIR=""
defined if that sounds reasonable. I will add a note to that effect
on that bug later. If they are defined like that, I can provide a
further patch to add mention of them to this tutorial web page.
Thanks,
Paul Hardy
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