From 537f45637367352b33d2979095765a0bdd2b0d00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Hensing Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 18:05:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] nixos/doc/running-nixos-tests: Simplify running instructions with nixosTests --- .../development/running-nixos-tests.section.md | 17 +++-------------- .../development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml | 17 +++-------------- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests.section.md index 1bec023b613..33076f5dc2a 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests.section.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests.section.md @@ -2,22 +2,11 @@ You can run tests using `nix-build`. For example, to run the test [`login.nix`](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests/login.nix), -you just do: +you do: ```ShellSession -$ nix-build '' -``` - -or, if you don't want to rely on `NIX_PATH`: - -```ShellSession -$ cd /my/nixpkgs/nixos/tests -$ nix-build login.nix -… -running the VM test script -machine: QEMU running (pid 8841) -… -6 out of 6 tests succeeded +$ cd /my/git/clone/of/nixpkgs +$ nix-build -A nixosTests.login ``` After building/downloading all required dependencies, this will perform diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml index da2e5076c95..23abb546899 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml @@ -4,22 +4,11 @@ You can run tests using nix-build. For example, to run the test login.nix, - you just do: + you do: -$ nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos/tests/login.nix>' - - - or, if you don’t want to rely on NIX_PATH: - - -$ cd /my/nixpkgs/nixos/tests -$ nix-build login.nix -… -running the VM test script -machine: QEMU running (pid 8841) -… -6 out of 6 tests succeeded +$ cd /my/git/clone/of/nixpkgs +$ nix-build -A nixosTests.login After building/downloading all required dependencies, this will