Testing

Some thorns come with a test suite, consisting of example parameter files and the output files generated by running these. To run the test suite for the thorns you have compiled use

gmake <configuration>-testsuite

These test suite serve the dual purpose of

Regression testing

i.e. making sure that changes to the thorn or the flesh don't affect the output from a known parameter file.

Portability testing

i.e. checking that the results are independent of the architecture--this is also of use when trying to get Cactus to work on a new architecture.