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| author | Janne Heß <janne@hess.ooo> | 2021-10-24 15:46:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Janne Heß <janne@hess.ooo> | 2021-10-28 11:51:20 +0200 |
| commit | 1640359f333d8af40bf1f3e7961943ea04c6d1a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 4403716a678d84d81955d78757aae47bffa7d410 /nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development | |
| parent | 5f917bc2750d5a2474f817c3c8ef81997d4dd108 (diff) | |
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nixos/test-runner: Fix execute() flakiness
Instead of using the magic string, we now just base64-encode everything and check for a newline.
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.xml index 83a96d5bb22..a3b63422433 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/writing-nixos-tests.section.xml @@ -266,7 +266,13 @@ start_all() <listitem> <para> Execute a shell command, returning a list - <literal>(status, stdout)</literal>. + <literal>(status, stdout)</literal>. Takes an optional + parameter <literal>check_return</literal> that defaults to + <literal>True</literal>. Setting this parameter to + <literal>False</literal> will not check for the return code + and return -1 instead. This can be used for commands that shut + down the VM and would therefore break the pipe that would be + used for retrieving the return code. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |