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-version 1.3, 2012/02/13 08:55:20
+version 1.4, 2012/05/18 15:36:21
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- When adding new tests, please try to follow the directory structure of
+ When adding new tests, please try to follow the following conventions.
- the real source tree. For instance, interfaces available via the C library
- should follow:
+. For library routines, including system calls, the directory structure of
+    the tests should follow the directory structure of the real source tree.
+    For instance, interfaces available via the C library should follow:
          src/lib/libc/gen -> src/tests/lib/libc/gen
          src/lib/libc/sys -> src/tests/lib/libc/sys
+         ...
+. Equivalently, all tests for userland utilities should try to follow their
+    location in the source tree. If this can not be satisfied, the tests for
+    a utility should be located under the directory to which the utility is
+    installed. Thus, a test for env(1) should go to src/tests/usr.bin/env.
+    Likewise, a test for tcpdump(8) should be in src/tests/usr.sbin/tcpdump,
+    even though the source code for the program is located under src/external.
- Equivalently, tests for a program residing in src/usr.bin/program should be
+. Otherwise use your own discretion.
- added to the src/tests/usr.bin/program subdirectory.