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mysql's idea of a suitable place to install the regression tests is
/usr/mysql-test. To relocate this to a reasonably FHS-compliant place
like /usr/share/mysql-test, we have to hack up the paths in mtr_cases.pm.
This patch also improves the documentation a tad.
diff -Naur mysql-5.1.43.orig/mysql-test/README mysql-5.1.43/mysql-test/README
--- mysql-5.1.43.orig/mysql-test/README 2010-01-15 12:14:43.000000000 -0500
+++ mysql-5.1.43/mysql-test/README 2010-02-13 21:18:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@
actually have a co-existing MySQL installation. The tests will not
conflict with it.
+For use in Red Hat distributions, you should run the script as user mysql,
+so the best bet is something like
+ cd /usr/share/mysql-test
+ sudo -u mysql ./mysql-test-run
+This will use the installed mysql executables, but will run a private copy
+of the server process (using data files within /usr/share/mysql-test),
+so you need not start the mysqld service beforehand.
+To clean up afterwards, remove the created "var" subdirectory, eg
+ sudo -u mysql rm -rf /usr/share/mysql-test/var
+
All tests must pass. If one or more of them fail on your system, please
read the following manual section for instructions on how to report the
problem:
@@ -25,7 +35,8 @@
With no test cases named on the command line, mysql-test-run falls back
to the normal "non-extern" behavior. The reason for this is that some
-tests cannot run with an external server.
+tests cannot run with an external server (because they need to control the
+options with which the server is started).
You can create your own test cases. To create a test case, create a new
--- mysql-5.5.6-rc/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pm.orig 2010-09-24 19:11:14.978713231 +0200
+++ mysql-5.5.6-rc/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pm 2010-09-24 19:11:25.748104951 +0200
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
{
$suitedir= my_find_dir($::basedir,
["share/mysql-test/suite",
+ "share/mysql-test",
"mysql-test/suite",
"mysql-test",
# Look in storage engine specific suite dirs
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