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166          URL="mailto:deja@welcomehome.org">Deja Snow Savoye</ulink>          URL="mailto:deja@welcomehome.org">Deja Snow Savoye</ulink>
167          (now 13 years old as of September 2003), who was a toddler          (now 13 years old as of September 2003), who was a toddler
168          during DejaGnu's beginnings.</para>          during DejaGnu's beginnings.</para>
169        
170      <para>DejaGnu offers several advantages for testing:</para>      <para>DejaGnu offers several advantages for testing:</para>
171    
172      <itemizedlist mark="bullet" spacing="compact">      <itemizedlist mark="bullet" spacing="compact">
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214    
215    <sect1 id=new xreflabel="Release Notes">    <sect1 id=new xreflabel="Release Notes">
216      <title>What's New In This Release</title>      <title>What's New In This Release</title>
217      
218      <para>This release has a number of substantial changes over version      <para>This release has a number of substantial changes over version
219      1.3. The most visible change is that the version of Expect and Tcl      1.3. The most visible change is that the version of Expect and Tcl
220      included in the release are up-to-date with the current stable net      included in the release are up-to-date with the current stable net
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253    
254      <sect2 id=cygwin xreflabel="Windows Support">      <sect2 id=cygwin xreflabel="Windows Support">
255        <title>Windows Support</title>        <title>Windows Support</title>
256      
257        <para>To use DejaGnu on Windows, you need to first install the        <para>To use DejaGnu on Windows, you need to first install the
258          <ulink URL="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</ulink>          <ulink URL="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</ulink>
259          release. This works as of the B20.1 release. Cygwin is a POSIX          release. This works as of the B20.1 release. Cygwin is a POSIX
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349        These definitions specify the output of a test        These definitions specify the output of a test
350        case:</para>        case:</para>
351    
352        <variablelist>        <variablelist>
353          <varlistentry>          <varlistentry>
354            <term>PASS</term>            <term>PASS</term>
355            <listitem><para>A test has succeeded.  That is, it demonstrated that            <listitem><para>A test has succeeded.  That is, it demonstrated that
356            the assertion is true.</para></listitem>            the assertion is true.</para></listitem>
357          </varlistentry>          </varlistentry>
358    
359          <varlistentry>          <varlistentry>
360            <term>XFAIL</term>            <term>XFAIL</term>
361            <listitem><para>POSIX 1003.3 does not incorporate the notion of            <listitem><para>POSIX 1003.3 does not incorporate the notion of
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365            <emphasis>PASS</emphasis> is in some sense more ambiguous than if            <emphasis>PASS</emphasis> is in some sense more ambiguous than if
366            <emphasis>XPASS</emphasis> is also used.</para></listitem>            <emphasis>XPASS</emphasis> is also used.</para></listitem>
367          </varlistentry>          </varlistentry>
368    
369          <varlistentry>          <varlistentry>
370            <term>FAIL</term>            <term>FAIL</term>
371            <listitem><para>A test has produced the bug it was intended to            <listitem><para>A test has produced the bug it was intended to
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376            <emphasis>FAIL</emphasis> rather than <emphasis>XFAIL</emphasis> even            <emphasis>FAIL</emphasis> rather than <emphasis>XFAIL</emphasis> even
377            if a failure was expected.</para></listitem>            if a failure was expected.</para></listitem>
378          </varlistentry>          </varlistentry>
379    
380          <varlistentry>          <varlistentry>
381            <term>UNRESOLVED</term>            <term>UNRESOLVED</term>
382            <listitem><para>A test produced indeterminate results.  Usually, this            <listitem><para>A test produced indeterminate results.  Usually, this
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426            </itemizedlist>            </itemizedlist>
427    
428          <variablelist>          <variablelist>
429            <varlistentry>                      <varlistentry>
430              <term>UNTESTED</term>              <term>UNTESTED</term>
431              <listitem><para>A test was not run.  This is a place-holder, used              <listitem><para>A test was not run.  This is a place-holder, used
432              when there is no real test case yet.</para></listitem>              when there is no real test case yet.</para></listitem>
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438            conditional:</para>            conditional:</para>
439    
440          <variablelist>          <variablelist>
441            <varlistentry>                      <varlistentry>
442              <term>UNSUPPORTED</term>              <term>UNSUPPORTED</term>
443              <listitem><para>There is no support for the tested case.  This may              <listitem><para>There is no support for the tested case.  This may
444              mean that a conditional feature of an operating system, or of a              mean that a conditional feature of an operating system, or of a
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448              test for the system subroutine <emphasis>gethostname</emphasis>              test for the system subroutine <emphasis>gethostname</emphasis>
449              would never work on a target board running only a boot              would never work on a target board running only a boot
450              monitor.</para></listitem>              monitor.</para></listitem>
451            </varlistentry>                    </varlistentry>
452          </variablelist>          </variablelist>
453      
454          <para>DejaGnu uses the same output procedures to produce these messages          <para>DejaGnu uses the same output procedures to produce these messages
455          for all testsuites and these procedures are already known to conform          for all testsuites and these procedures are already known to conform
456          to POSIX 1003.3.  For a DejaGnu testsuite to conform to POSIX 1003.3,          to POSIX 1003.3.  For a DejaGnu testsuite to conform to POSIX 1003.3,
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462       </sect1>       </sect1>
463    
464    </chapter>    </chapter>
465      
466    <!-- include the user manual -->    <!-- include the user manual -->
467    &user;    &user;
468    

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