Commit 2e7df19b authored by unknown's avatar unknown

fix README file to be more verbose match actual situation (recomitted to push into 4.1)


mysql-test/README:
  fix README file to be more verbose match actual situation
parent a6c7fb45
...@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@ This directory contains a test suite for mysql daemon. To run ...@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@ This directory contains a test suite for mysql daemon. To run
the currently existing test cases, simply execute ./mysql-test-run in the currently existing test cases, simply execute ./mysql-test-run in
this directory. It will fire up the newly built mysqld and test it. this directory. It will fire up the newly built mysqld and test it.
If you want to run the test with a running MySQL server use the --external If you want to run a test with a running MySQL server use the --extern
option to mysql-test-run. option to mysql-test-run. Please note that in this mode the test suite
expects user to specify test names to run. Otherwise it falls back to the
normal "non-extern" behaviour. The reason is that some tests
could not run with external server. Here is the sample command
to test "alias" and "analyze" tests on external server:
mysql-test-run --extern alias analyze
To match your setup you might also need to provide --socket, --user and
other relevant options.
Note that you do not have to have to do make install, and you could Note that you do not have to have to do make install, and you could
actually have a co-existing MySQL installation - the tests will not actually have a co-existing MySQL installation - the tests will not
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