Changeset 22a737b in mod_gnutls for test/README.md

Timestamp:

Jun 25, 2020, 4:01:21 AM (7 weeks ago)

Author:

Fiona Klute <fiona.klute@…>

Branches:

master

Children:

2b3a2814

Parents:

ed493e6

Message:

Detect usable loopback IPs during ./configure

File:

• test/README.md (modified) (1 diff)

test/README.md

@@ -30 +30 @@
 directories in `tests/`.
 
-The default configuration assumes that a loopback device with IPv4 and
-IPv6 support is available (`TEST_IP="[::1] 127.0.0.1"`) and that
-`TEST_HOST="localhost"` resolves to both of these addresses. If this
-does not apply to your system (e.g. most Docker containers), you can
-pass different values to `./configure`, e.g. to use IPv4 only:
+The default configuration assumes that a loopback device is available,
+and that `TEST_HOST="localhost"` resolves to the IPv6 and IPv4
+loopback addresses. `./configure` checks if `[::1]` and `127.0.0.1`
+are available, if one isn't it will be disabled. You can override the
+defaults by passing different values to `./configure`, e.g. to
+unconditionally use IPv4 only:
 
 ```bash
 $ TEST_HOST="localhost" TEST_IP="127.0.0.1" ./configure
 ```
+
+Note that having less than two addresses in `TEST_IP` will lead to
+some tests being skipped.
 
 If tests fail due to expired certificates or PGP signatures, run