support/testing/tests/package/test_less.py: new runtime test

Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
buildroot · Sep 10, 2023 · b492a54 · b492a54
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diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1741,6 +1741,7 @@ F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_kexec.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_kexec/
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_kmscube.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_kmscube/
+F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_less.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_libjxl.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_lrzip.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_lzip.py

diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_less.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_less.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import os
+
+import infra.basetest
+
+
+class TestLess(infra.basetest.BRTest):
+    config = infra.basetest.BASIC_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIG + \
+        """
+        BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_LESS=y
+        BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO=y
+        # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
+        """
+
+    def test_run(self):
+        cpio_file = os.path.join(self.builddir, "images", "rootfs.cpio")
+        self.emulator.boot(arch="armv5",
+                           kernel="builtin",
+                           options=["-initrd", cpio_file])
+        self.emulator.login()
+
+        # Check the program can execute. This command also checks that
+        # the "less" program is from the actual "less" package, rather
+        # than the Busybox implementation (the Busybox "less" applet
+        # does not recognize the "--version" option and would fail).
+        self.assertRunOk("less --version")
+
+        # We create a test file.
+        ref_txt = "Hello Buildroot!"
+        input_fname = "input.txt"
+        self.assertRunOk(f"echo \'{ref_txt}\' > {input_fname}")
+
+        # "less" is mainly an interactive user program and uses
+        # terminal control characters. This test checks a basic "less"
+        # invocation in which there is no user interaction. The
+        # program is expected to give back the input data.
+        output, exit_code = self.emulator.run(f"less -F {input_fname}")
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 0)
+        # "less" might insert a carriage-return ^M control character,
+        # which will be converted to a new-line (by the
+        # str.splitlines() in Emulator.run()). We check that our
+        # reference text line is in the output (rather than only
+        # testing output[0]).
+        self.assertIn(ref_txt, output)
+
+        # We redo about the same test, with "less" reading stdin this
+        # time. We also use the "less -o log" option to log the output
+        # into a file. We expect to see our reference text on stdout.
+        output_fname = "output.txt"
+        cmd = f"cat {input_fname} | less -F -o {output_fname}"
+        output, exit_code = self.emulator.run(cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 0)
+        self.assertIn(ref_txt, output)
+
+        # The output file content which logged the output is also
+        # expected to be the same as the input.
+        self.assertRunOk(f"cmp {input_fname} {output_fname}")