Facilitating the automated testing of daily builds of software

• US 20070204262A1
• Filed: 02/17/2006
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Paul, Vipul, Ahluwalia, Vikas, Batish, Arun, Negi, Manoj, Carlier, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 8,352,916 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

Automated testing of software builds having updated signature required modules, such as plug and play devices, is facilitated. A build (e.g., a daily build) of the software is performed, which includes one or more updated signature required modules. These modules are included within the build, even though the modules are unsigned. Automated testing is then performed against the daily builds.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating software testing, said method comprising:

obtaining one or more updated versions of one or more signature required modules; and

building a setup package to be tested that includes the one or more updated versions of the one or more signature required modules, said building including the one or more updated versions in the setup package absent a signing of the one or more updated versions, and wherein said one or more updated versions of the one or more signature required modules are able to be tested absent the signing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the building is automated in that it lacks human intervention.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more signature required modules comprise at least one plug and play driver.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the building comprises selecting one or more binaries to be included in the setup package, said one or more binaries including one or more binaries for the one or more updated versions of the signature required modules and zero or more binaries for zero or more non-signature required modules.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the selecting comprises selecting the one or more binaries for the one or more updated versions of the signature required modules from a sub-directory for signature required modules.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing the setup package on a processing unit to run one or more tests against the setup package.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein executing the setup package:

uninstalls zero or more previous versions of zero or more non-signature required modules, the uninstalling not affecting one or more previous versions of the one or more signature required modules; and

installs the zero or more non-signature required modules, and replaces one or more previous versions of the one or more signature required modules with the one or more updated versions.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the executing is automated in that it is absent human intervention.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising preparing the processing unit to enable the automated executing of the setup package.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the preparing comprises:

executing a prep setup package to perform at least one of copying one or more files onto the processing unit, installing one or more applications onto the processing unit, and installing one or more modules onto the processing unit; and

installing at least one signature required module on the processing unit.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the installing of the at least one signature required module comprises:

exposing a device of the at least one signature required module to an operating system of the processing unit; and

obtaining at least one signature for the at least one signature required module.

12. A system of facilitating software testing, said system comprising:

one or more updated versions of one or more signature required modules; and

a setup package to be tested that includes the one or more updated versions of the one or more signature required modules, the one or more updated versions being included in the setup package absent a signing of the one or more updated versions, and wherein said one or more updated versions of the one or more signature required modules are able to be tested absent the signing.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the setup package comprises one or more binaries selected to be included in the setup package, said one or more binaries including one or more binaries for the one or more updated versions of the signature required modules and zero or more binaries for zero or more non-signature required modules.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising a processing unit adapted to execute the setup package, wherein the processing unit is adapted to:

uninstall zero or more previous versions of zero or more non-signature required modules, said uninstall not affecting one or more previous versions of the one or more signature required modules; and

install the zero or more non-signature required modules, and replace one or more previous versions of the one or more signature required modules with the one or more updated versions.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processing unit is adapted to perform the following to enable automated execution of the setup package:

execute a prep setup package to perform at least one of copying one or more files onto the processing unit, installing one or more applications onto the processing unit, and installing one or more modules onto the processing unit; and

install at least one signature required module on the processing unit.

16. An article of manufacture comprising:

at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to facilitate software testing, the computer readable program code logic comprising;

obtain logic to obtain one or more updated versions of one or more signature required modules; and

build logic to build a setup package to be tested that includes the one or more updated versions of the one or more signature required modules, said building including the one or more updated versions in the setup package absent a signing of the one or more updated versions, and wherein said one or more updated versions of the one or more signature required modules are able to be tested absent the signing.

17. The article of manufacture of claim 16, wherein the build logic comprises select logic to select one or more binaries to be included in the setup package, said one or more binaries including one or more binaries for the one or more updated versions of the signature required modules and zero or more binaries for zero or more non-signature required modules.

18. The article of manufacture of claim 16, further comprising execute logic to execute the setup package on a processing unit to run one or more tests against the setup package, and wherein the execute logic includes:

uninstall logic to uninstall zero or more previous versions of zero or more non-signature required modules, the uninstalling not affecting one or more previous versions of the one or more signature required modules; and

install logic to install the zero or more non-signature required modules, and replace one or more previous versions of the one or more signature required modules with the one or more updated versions.

19. The article of manufacture of claim 18, further comprising prepare logic to prepare the processing unit to enable automated execution of the setup package, and wherein the prepare logic comprises:

execute logic to execute a prep setup package to perform at least one of copying one or more files onto the processing unit, installing one or more applications onto the processing unit, and installing one or more modules onto the processing unit; and

install logic to install at least one signature required module on the processing unit.

20. A method of facilitating software testing, said method comprising:

building a setup package to be tested that includes one or more updated versions of one or more signature required modules, said building including the one or more updated versions in the setup package absent a signing of the one or more updated versions, and wherein said one or more updated versions of the one or more signature required modules are able to be tested absent the signing; and

executing the setup package on a processing unit to enable automated testing of the setup package, wherein the building and executing are automated and are performable daily.