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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:26:48 -0400
From:      "George Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com>
To:        "Alan Somers" <asomers@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Kevin Bowling" <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>, "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 22 Mar 2021, at 22:45, Alan Somers wrote:

> 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?

I found out this morning that moving the tests into base is indeed the plan:

https://wiki.freebsd.org/TransportProtocols/11March2021

I'm happy to see this happen.

The next step will be documentation of how to add new/good tests to the suite.

Best,
George



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