~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/raring/mysql-5.5/raring-proposed

1.1.11 by Marc Deslauriers
Import upstream version 5.5.29
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Improve the documentation that will be installed in the mysql-test RPM.
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diff -Naur mysql-5.1.43.orig/mysql-test/README mysql-5.1.43/mysql-test/README
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--- mysql-5.1.43.orig/mysql-test/README	2010-01-15 12:14:43.000000000 -0500
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+++ mysql-5.1.43/mysql-test/README	2010-02-13 21:18:06.000000000 -0500
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@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@
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 actually have a co-existing MySQL installation. The tests will not
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 conflict with it.
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+For use in Red Hat distributions, you should run the script as user mysql,
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+so the best bet is something like
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+	cd /usr/share/mysql-test
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+	sudo -u mysql ./mysql-test-run
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+This will use the installed mysql executables, but will run a private copy
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+of the server process (using data files within /usr/share/mysql-test),
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+so you need not start the mysqld service beforehand.
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+To clean up afterwards, remove the created "var" subdirectory, eg
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+	sudo -u mysql rm -rf /usr/share/mysql-test/var
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+
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 All tests must pass. If one or more of them fail on your system, please
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 read the following manual section for instructions on how to report the
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 problem:
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 With no test cases named on the command line, mysql-test-run falls back
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 to the normal "non-extern" behavior. The reason for this is that some
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-tests cannot run with an external server.
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+tests cannot run with an external server (because they need to control the
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+options with which the server is started).
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 You can create your own test cases. To create a test case, create a new