Package: piuparts (0.20-3)

.deb package installation, upgrading, and removal testing tool

piuparts tests that .deb packages (as used by Debian) handle installation, upgrading, and removal correctly. It does this by creating a minimal Debian installation in a chroot, and installing, upgrading, and removing packages in that environment, and comparing the state of the directory tree before and after. piuparts reports any files that have been added, removed, or modified during this process.

piuparts is meant as a quality assurance tool for people who create .deb packages to test them before they upload them to the Debian package archive.

Tags: Software Development: Testing and QA, Implemented in: Python, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Application Suite: Debian, Purpose: Checking, Works with: Packaged Software