[Bug testsuite/10718] New: test separately distributed systemtap scripts

["fche at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

Packages such as tuned-utils on fedora are starting to include
systemtap scripts in source form, being installed in /usr/*bin.
It would be convenient to test/link-to them as if they were 
normal samples in our library, but without actually forking
them and bringing in a snapshot.

One possible solution is to extend the systemtap.examples/check.exp
logic to permit meta files to give URLs of external .stp files.
(For example,
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/tuned.git/?p=tuned.git;a=blob_plain;f=contrib/diskdevstat;hb=HEAD).
We would include such meta files, including check|installcheck
directives and descriptions in our repo.

Running such external .stp programs is of course an act of faith
(that the given outside maintainer doesn't put harmful scripts
in there), so we should also add a "--enable-testsuite-external-meta"
or such autoconf option to enable installcheck'ing them.

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           Summary: test separately distributed systemtap scripts
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: testsuite
        AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: fche at redhat dot com


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10718

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