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| author |   Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2021-05-05 09:48:35 +0200 |
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| committer |   Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2021-08-01 11:54:50 +0200 |
| commit | 1779bc63ec5bce6e0c117b1fe90065e9d1622df0 (patch) | |
| tree | 1999028d63d9e62e7b13a06f0fcb85bdf6f87586 /ebuild-writing | |
| parent | ebuild-writing/common-mistakes: rewrap paragraph (diff) | |
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ebuild-writing/functions/src_test: Clarify how localhost can be used
Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/devmanual/pull/227
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
[Reword as suggested by Sam James and Florian Schmaus]
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'ebuild-writing')
| -rw-r--r-- | ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml index 1822c33..3fa05d5 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_test/text.xml @@ -178,9 +178,17 @@ a more complete test suite. </p> <p> -Local server access within the build procedure is additionally -forbidden for the following reasons: +It is generally considered acceptable to rely on IPv4 <c>localhost</c> being +resolvable and available for binding. Tests should only connect to services +that are started as part of the testsuite. It is not acceptable to connect +to daemons run outside the test environment. </p> + +<p> +Local server access within the build procedure is forbidden for the following +reasons: +</p> + <ul> <li> tests must run reliably independently of whether a particular |