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Date:      Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:45:51 -0600
From:      Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
To:        Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>, rscheff@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tcp-testsuite into src?
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On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 7:31 PM Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was talking with gnn and kevans on IRC about the tcp testsuite
> (https://github.com/freebsd-net/tcp-testsuite).
>
> Currently we maintain this in ports, although the way the port is set
> up doesn't make a lot of sense because the tests are stack specific
> and we don't account for different FreeBSD versions let alone vendor
> trees.  It seems reasonable to me to pull the tests themselves (i.e.
> https://github.com/freebsd-net/tcp-testsuite) into src where they can
> follow along with the tree they are running on, and provide vendors a
> natural point of extension.
>
> /usr/tests has some existing examples of relying on out of tree
> binaries to run so I am not convinced we need to import packetdrill
> itself but I don't have a strong preference.  tuexen, do you have any
> preference?
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
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Yeah, it's not a problem to use binaries from ports in /usr/tests.  As long
as the tests can compile they can live in the base system.  Is there a
strong incentive to import them?  Do they need to be adjusted for each
release?



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