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diff --git a/tests/runtests.1 b/tests/runtests.1 index 69aafe579..ffda8d066 100644 --- a/tests/runtests.1 +++ b/tests/runtests.1 @@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ people checking the failures and the reasons for them might not have physical access to the machine and logs. .IP "-R" Run the tests in a scrambled, or randomized, order instead of sequentially. + +The random seed initially set for this is fixed per month and can be set with +\fI--seed\fP. .IP "-r" Display run time statistics. (Requires Perl Time::HiRes module) .IP "-rf" @@ -91,11 +94,18 @@ If \fB-R\fP is also used, the scrambling is done after the repeats have extended the test sequence. .IP "-s" Shorter output. Speaks less than default. -.IP "--shallow=[num](,seed)" +.IP "--seed=[num]" +When using \fI--shallow\fP or \fI-R\rP that random certain aspects of the +behavior, this option can set the initial seed. If not set, the random seed +will be set based on the currently set local year and month and the first line +of the "curl -V" output. +.IP "--shallow=[num]" Used together with \fB-t\fP. This limits the number of tests to fail in torture mode to no more than 'num' per test case. If this reduces the amount, -the given 'seed' will be used to randomly discard entries to fail until the -amount is 'num'. +the script will randomly discard entries to fail until the amount is 'num'. + +The random seed initially set for this is fixed per month and can be set with +\fI--seed\fP. .IP "-t[num]" Selects a \fBtorture\fP test for the given tests. This makes runtests.pl first run the tests once and count the number of memory allocations made. It then |