Subject: Re: [bug#27599] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add cmdtest.

From: Arun Isaac <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 02:27:04 +0530

> +(define-public cmdtest
> +  (package
> +    (name "cmdtest")
> +    (version "0.29")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (string-append "http://git.liw.fi/cmdtest/snapshot/"
> +                                  name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "1i6gi4yp4qqx1liax098c7nwdb24pghh11xqlrcs7lnhh079rqhb"))))
> +    (build-system python-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:python ,python-2))

Could you try packaging the tests as well? The #:test-target should be
"check".

> +    (description
> +     "@code{cmdtest} black box tests Unix command line tools.  Roughly, it is
> +given a command line and input files, and the expected output, and it verifies
> +that the command line produces the expected output.  If not, it reports a
> +problem, and shows the differences.")

The first sentence of the description should be a full sentence.