sbotest

sbotest is a reverse dependency build tester based on the sbotools library.

This sbotools companion script is written with script maintainers in mind: Easily build and test scripts with their reverse dependencies in a single command. Maintain an archive for built dependencies and keep it up-to-date with sbotest --archive-rebuild.

sbotest is configured separately from sbotools. See the contents of /etc/sbotest, or run sbotest config and sbotest hints to set options from the command line.

See the man page for more information about options and settings!

Most Recent Changes

1.2.1 - 2025-12-26

• bin/test: Do not reuse log and test directories if called more than once in the same minute
• bin/test: Use a separate $TMP directory for each script
• bin/test: Run sbopkglint as packages are built, not at the end
• bin/test: Report failed builds with more specific error types
• Compatibility bump for new SBO::Lib::Readme user and group handling
• bin/test: Show useradd and groupadd commands as they are performed
• bin/test: Unlink outdated packages in archive unless the new build fails

1.2 - 2025-11-20

• bin/test: Use the perl, python and ruby package tests in case of failure
• bin/test: Better protections for non-SBO packages
• bin/test: Exit with invalid options
• bin/wrapper: Running without options is handled better
• bin/test: Properly rationalize the queue with --archive-rebuild
• bin/test: Add --test-everything
  • Thanks to dchmelik for the feedback.
• bin/test: Attempt to optimize test queues to reduce the number of package installations and removals
• Compatibility bump for new SBO::Lib::Build queue handling
• bin/test: Untargeted scripts in the queue also get a clean-build environment
• bin/test: Unlink outdated packages in the archive only once all builds succeed

1.1.2 - 2025-09-19

• bin/test: Fix --single with already-installed scripts

1.1.1 - 2025-08-28

• bin/test: Reflect changes in get_all_available() and use in()
• bin/test: Arrange the testing list in build order for --archive-reverse
• bin/test: Faster --dry-run
• bin/test: Cut out repetitive reverse queue calculations for archive rebuilds
• bin/test: Fix --single with already-installed packages

Getting sbotest

A SlackBuild is available at SlackBuilds.org.

To use a development version:

• Use sbotools-git-slackbuild to upgrade sbotools to version 20251212-e74bc3f at the oldest.
• Clone the sbotest repository.
• Run ./tools/source_to_slackbuild.sh from the root of the local repository.
• Run the SlackBuild in slackbuild/sbotest.

Issues and requests are welcome; if running post-release sbotest, please indicate the most recent commit with the output of:

git log | head -n 1

Acknowledgments

Jacob Pipkin, Luke Williams and Andreas Guldstrand are the original authors of sbotools.

B. Watson is the author and maintainer of sbo-maintainer-tools.

Disclaimer

sbotest was designed and intended to be run in a build-testing environment, such as a virtual machine or a Docker image. Using sbotest on a general-purpose Slackware installation is unsupported and unadvisable.