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@@ -88,6 +88,33 @@ needs to be changed, such as optional warnings when deprecated features are used, and backported versions of certain key Python 3.x features. +Testing +------- + +To test the interpreter, type "make test" in the top-level directory. +This runs the test set twice (once with no compiled files, once with +the compiled files left by the previous test run). The test set +produces some output. You can generally ignore the messages about +skipped tests due to optional features which can't be imported. +If a message is printed about a failed test or a traceback or core +dump is produced, something is wrong. On some Linux systems (those +that are not yet using glibc 6), test_strftime fails due to a +non-standard implementation of strftime() in the C library. Please +ignore this, or upgrade to glibc version 6. + +By default, tests are prevented from overusing resources like disk space and +memory. To enable these tests, run "make testall". + +IMPORTANT: If the tests fail and you decide to mail a bug report, +*don't* include the output of "make test". It is useless. Run the +failing test manually, as follows: + + ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -v test_whatever + +(substituting the top of the source tree for '.' if you built in a +different directory). This runs the test in verbose mode. + + Installing multiple versions ---------------------------- |