Testsuite: ignore optional-config output

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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index 38972042fa8b5b9f8b27bb21099fe9f2422ba6b4..c08b63b0d994d93b54d87a1b7e77f8c16ab4dc53 100644 (file)
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ RUNNING THE TEST SUITE
 
 (2) cd into the exim-testsuite-x.xx directory.
 
-(3) Run "autoconf" then "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few
-    auxiliary programs that are written in C.
+(3) Run "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few auxiliary programs that
+    are written in C.
 
 (4) echo $PWD/test-config >> your_TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST_filename
     Typically that is .../exim/test/trusted_configs
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ There are some options for the ./runtest script itself:
             maintainer after making a change to the code that affects a lot of
             tests (for example, the wording of a message).
 
+  -SLOW     For very slow hosts that appear to have Heisenbugs, delay before
+            comparing output files from a testcase
+
 The options for ./runtest must be given first (but after the name of the
 binary, if present). Any further options, that is, items on the command line
 that start with a hyphen, are passed to the Exim binary when it is run as part
@@ -1027,11 +1030,16 @@ Lines in client scripts are of two kinds:
     line is input to be sent to the server.  Backslash escaping is done as
     described below, but no trailing "\r\n" is sent.
 
-(4) Otherwise, the line is an input line line that is sent to the server. Any
+(4) If a line begin with three '<' characters and a space, the rest of the
+    line is a filename; the content of the file is inserted intto the script
+    at this point.
+
+(5) Otherwise, the line is an input line line that is sent to the server. Any
     occurrences of \r and \n in the line are turned into carriage return and
     linefeed, respectively. This is used for testing PIPELINING.
     Any sequences of \x followed by two hex digits are converted to the equvalent
     byte value.  Any other character following a \ is sent verbatim.
+    The line is sent with a trailing "\r\n".
 
 Here is a simple example: