From 68d7d7a4e4ff291d64e84336ee2d6df9c6788cdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: davidsarah <>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 18:13:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] how to test an OS-installed copy of Tahoe

[Imported from Trac: page AdvancedInstall, version 48]
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 AdvancedInstall.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AdvancedInstall.md b/AdvancedInstall.md
index dc7ba88..30bd4d3 100644
--- a/AdvancedInstall.md
+++ b/AdvancedInstall.md
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ on Python's `sys.path`.
 To run a subset of the tests after making a source change that does not require
 a rebuild, `bin/tahoe debug trial <testsuite>` is the quickest option.
 
+To test an OS package manager's installation of Tahoe, use `tahoe debug trial`,
+where `tahoe` (not `bin/tahoe`) is the installed script. Currently this
+will produce a spurious failure in `allmydata.test.test_runner.BinTahoe.test_the_right_code`
+due to #1576, but all other tests should be valid.
+
 
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 ## Platform-specific Notes