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Revert "nixos/doc: re-format"

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This reverts commit ea6e8775bd. The new
format is not an improvement.
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Eelco Dolstra
2019-09-19 19:17:30 +02:00
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nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests.xml
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@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
<title>Running Tests</title>
<para>
You can run tests using <command>nix-build</command>. For example, to run the test <filename
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests/login.nix">login.nix</filename>, you just do:
You can run tests using <command>nix-build</command>. For example, to run the
test
<filename
xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests/login.nix">login.nix</filename>,
you just do:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt>nix-build '&lt;nixpkgs/nixos/tests/login.nix>'
</screen>
@@ -21,7 +24,11 @@ machine: QEMU running (pid 8841)
…
6 out of 6 tests succeeded
</screen>
After building/downloading all required dependencies, this will perform a build that starts a QEMU/KVM virtual machine containing a NixOS system. The virtual machine mounts the Nix store of the host; this makes VM creation very fast, as no disk image needs to be created. Afterwards, you can view a pretty-printed log of the test:
After building/downloading all required dependencies, this will perform a
build that starts a QEMU/KVM virtual machine containing a NixOS system. The
virtual machine mounts the Nix store of the host; this makes VM creation very
fast, as no disk image needs to be created. Afterwards, you can view a
pretty-printed log of the test:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt>firefox result/log.html
</screen>