makepkg: Add check() function for running test suites

A PKGBUILD can have an option check() function for running test suites
between the build() and package() stages.  This function is run by
default but can be disabled globally in with "!check" in BUILDENV in
makepkg.conf. This setting can be controlled on an individual package
basis using makepkg's --check and --nocheck flags. Addition dependencies
needed for running the test suite can be specified in the checkdepends
array and are only checked when running the check() function.

Original-work-by: Jeff C <jeff@kcaccess.com>
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index 3d3909ac..2ccf0b2e 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ name. The syntax is: `source=('filename::url')`.
 	needed at runtime. Packages in this list follow the same format as
 	depends.
 
+*checkdepends (array)*::
+	An array of packages that this package depends on to run its test suite,
+	but are not needed at runtime. Packages in this list follow the same
+	format as depends. These dependencies are only considered when the
+	check() function is present and is to be run by makepkg.
+
 *optdepends (array)*::
 	An array of packages (and accompanying reasons) that are not essential for
 	base functionality, but may be necessary to make full use of the contents
@@ -263,10 +269,18 @@ If you create any variables of your own in the build function, it is
 recommended to use the bash `local` keyword to scope the variable to inside
 the build function.
 
+check() Function
+----------------
+An optional check() function can be specified in which a packages test-suite
+may be run. This function is run between the build() and package() functions.
+The function is run in `bash -e` mode, meaning any command that exits with a
+non-zero status will cause the function to exit. Be sure any exotic commands
+used are covered by `checkdepends`.
+
 package() Function
 ------------------
 An optional package() function can be specified in addition to the build()
-function. This function is run immediately after the build() function. The
+function. This function is run after the build() and check() functions. The
 function is run in `bash -e` mode, meaning any command that exits with a
 non-zero status will cause the function to exit. When specified in combination
 with the fakeroot BUILDENV option in linkman:makepkg.conf[5], fakeroot usage