SADT(1)

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version 2.26.11ubuntu1 · 15 versions
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💖 SADT 💖

okay so bestie, let me tell you about sadt — the simple DEP-8 test runner ✨ (that's the NAME btw, we're folding it in here like a lil name tag 🎀)

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

sadt [options] [test-name...]

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so sadt is a simple implementation of DEP-8 — that's "automatic as-installed package testing" if you're new here, welcome, we love you 🫶 — and it's literally just a test runner, no drama, no cap.

now the important part, and I need you to listen: satisfying the tests' dependencies is YOUR job, bestie. sadt is not gonna go install a single missing package for you. not one. it's not that kind of girl 🙈. and if a test's dependencies cannot be satisfied by the packages you've currently got installed? the test gets skipped. boom. goodbye. 💅

same energy with building: sadt will not build the package, even if a test declares the build-needed restriction. instead, that test just gets skipped. 😭 but — and this is the plot twist — you can build the package manually yourself, and then tell sadt to just assume it's already built, using -b/--built-source-tree. main character move tbh. 🌟

oh and also, sadt does not implement any virtualisation arrangements, so any test that declares the breaks-testbed restriction? skipped. it's giving "I don't have the equipment for that" and honestly, she's honest about it 🧚

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -v, --verbose — makes the output more verbose. more words! more lore! go off 💬
  • -b, --built-source-tree — assume the source tree is already built. this is equivalent to --ignore-restriction=build-needed. you did the work, she trusts you 🫶
  • --run-autodep8, --no-run-autodep8 — control whether to run autodep8(1) to figure out which tests to run. by default, autodep8 will be run. so like, it's on unless you say otherwise ⭐
  • --ignore-restriction=restriction — don't skip tests that declare the restriction. be free, little test 🦋
  • -h, --help — show a help message and exit. the classic. the icon. 💖

🔥 CONFORMING TO 🔥

README.package-tests shipped by autopkgtest 2.7.2 — yeah, she read the whole thing. ofc she did. 📚

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

autopkgtest(1) — go say hi, it's the big sibling 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈 this lil masterpiece comes to you from Debian Utilities, dated 2026-09-21 — so like, mark your calendar, screenshot it, put it in the group chat, periodt. 💅✨🎀

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