Hey Niels,
I'm no expert on bitcoind tests, but maybe these bits of information can help you get started:
The steps to build bitcoind typically involve running:
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
When you run autogen, the autoreconf tool is invoked which creates the configure script that gets run next. The configure script is generated based on the configure.ac file, which performs a number of compatibility checks for the compiler and other tooling. You can see these checks being performed with the AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG calls.
My understanding is that running configure does a lot of system compatibility checks. When you run "make", I do not think any tests get run by default, but I could be wrong about this. If you want to run unit tests you need to run "make check". You can read more about this here
There are unit tests for bitcoind written in C++ and a lot of integration and higher level tests written in python.
Hopefully this information was useful and accurate. Again, I could be wrong about exactly how the build process works as it's not super obvious. Hopefully someone else more knowledgeable than me can chime in here if I got anything wrong.
Best,
Alex
As no one was able to respond, a gentle reminder : 😊
Hi,
I'm working as (software) test specialist and run private a full bitcoin node (based upon Raspberry Pi 4).
I've been trying to figure out the tests performed during installation/upgrade/compilation of the software for the node.
Is there any overview on what's the (common) test approach, or other stuff. Because the tests on GitHub don't help me that much.
I'd like to figure out what/how is tested, maybe refine test cases, and try some manual test also, as part of learning.
Who would be able to join me or share information that guides me.
Thanks in advance,
Niels.
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