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| author | Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-07-19 16:34:36 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-07-19 16:34:36 +0200 |
| commit | 0665253b864c4b725c19337b2b1971158f55b16f (patch) | |
| tree | f4cc62995896cecf412e63daab21ee12ef7829f8 /lib/tests/misc.nix | |
| parent | da865b2b9e32d94f33c6862465bfa0e2f132a87e (diff) | |
| parent | 581d7c88bea4216fb47c2a98f38af59f2d14485d (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #244044 from tweag/lib-readme
Create a Readme in `lib`
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/tests/misc.nix b/lib/tests/misc.nix index 86861695460..56bf31ea5da 100644 --- a/lib/tests/misc.nix +++ b/lib/tests/misc.nix @@ -1,6 +1,18 @@ -# to run these tests: -# nix-instantiate --eval --strict nixpkgs/lib/tests/misc.nix -# if the resulting list is empty, all tests passed +/* +Nix evaluation tests for various lib functions. + +Since these tests are implemented with Nix evaluation, error checking is limited to what `builtins.tryEval` can detect, which is `throw`'s and `abort`'s, without error messages. +If you need to test error messages or more complex evaluations, see ./modules.sh, ./sources.sh or ./filesystem.sh as examples. + +To run these tests: + + [nixpkgs]$ nix-instantiate --eval --strict lib/tests/misc.nix + +If the resulting list is empty, all tests passed. +Alternatively, to run all `lib` tests: + + [nixpkgs]$ nix-build lib/tests/release.nix +*/ with import ../default.nix; let |