36 lines
1.2 KiB
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36 lines
1.2 KiB
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="sec-running-nixos-tests-interactively">
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<title>Running Tests</title>
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<para>
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You can run tests using <command>nix-build</command>. For example, to run the
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test
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<filename
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xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests/login.nix">login.nix</filename>,
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you just do:
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos/tests/login.nix>'
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</screen>
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or, if you don’t want to rely on <envar>NIX_PATH</envar>:
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </prompt>cd /my/nixpkgs/nixos/tests
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<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-build login.nix
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…
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running the VM test script
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machine: QEMU running (pid 8841)
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…
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6 out of 6 tests succeeded
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</screen>
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After building/downloading all required dependencies, this will perform a
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build that starts a QEMU/KVM virtual machine containing a NixOS system. The
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virtual machine mounts the Nix store of the host; this makes VM creation very
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fast, as no disk image needs to be created. Afterwards, you can view a
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pretty-printed log of the test:
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<screen>
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<prompt>$ </prompt>firefox result/log.html
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</screen>
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</para>
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</section>
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