Doc fixes before LTS - Avocado User’s Guide

Updates to documentation in `Avocado User’s Guide` section to respects
the latest changes.

Reference: #5757
Signed-off-by: Jan Richter <[email protected]>

docs/source/guides/contributor/chapters/plugins.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _writing_plugin:
+
 *************************
 Writing an Avocado plugin
 *************************

docs/source/guides/contributor/chapters/runners.rst

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ doing::
 To be able to complete such a command, Avocado needs to find the tests, and
 then to execute them.  Those two major steps are described next.
 
+.. _finding_tests:
+
 Finding tests
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/advanced.rst

@@ -8,18 +8,15 @@ In some cases, you might have a wrapper as an entry point for the tests, so
 Avocado will use only the wrapper as test id. For instance, imagine a Makefile
 with some targets ('foo', 'bar') and each target is one test. Having a single
 test suite with a test calling `foo`, it will make Avocado print something like
-this:
+this::
 
-
-```
-JOB ID     : b6e5bdf2c891382bbde7f24e906a168af351154a
-JOB LOG    : ~/avocado/job-results/job-2021-09-24T17.39-b6e5bdf/job.log
- (1/1) make: STARTED
- (1/1) make: PASS (2.72 s)
-RESULTS    : PASS 1 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 0 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 0
-JOB HTML   : ~/avocado/job-results/job-2021-09-24T17.39-b6e5bdf/results.html
-JOB TIME   : 5.49 s
-```
+ JOB ID     : b6e5bdf2c891382bbde7f24e906a168af351154a
+ JOB LOG    : ~/avocado/job-results/job-2021-09-24T17.39-b6e5bdf/job.log
+  (1/1) make: STARTED
+  (1/1) make: PASS (2.72 s)
+ RESULTS    : PASS 1 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 0 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 0
+ JOB HTML   : ~/avocado/job-results/job-2021-09-24T17.39-b6e5bdf/results.html
+ JOB TIME   : 5.49 s
 
 This is happening because Avocado is using the 'uri' as identifier with in the
 current Runnables.
@@ -33,17 +30,15 @@ identifier_format = "{uri}-{args[0]}"
 ```
 
 With the above adjustment, running the same suite it will produce something
-like this:
-
-```
-JOB ID     : 577b70b079e9a6f325ff3e73fd9b93f80ee7f221
-JOB LOG    : /home/local/avocado/job-results/job-2021-11-23T13.12-577b70b/job.log
- (1/1) "/usr/bin/make-foo": STARTED
- (1/1) "/usr/bin/make-foo": PASS (0.01 s)
-RESULTS    : PASS 1 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 0 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 0
-JOB HTML   : ~/avocado/job-results/job-2021-11-23T13.12-577b70b/results.html
-JOB TIME   : 0.97 s
-```
+like this::
+
+ JOB ID     : 577b70b079e9a6f325ff3e73fd9b93f80ee7f221
+ JOB LOG    : /home/local/avocado/job-results/job-2021-11-23T13.12-577b70b/job.log
+  (1/1) "/usr/bin/make-foo": STARTED
+  (1/1) "/usr/bin/make-foo": PASS (0.01 s)
+ RESULTS    : PASS 1 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 0 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 0
+ JOB HTML   : ~/avocado/job-results/job-2021-11-23T13.12-577b70b/results.html
+ JOB TIME   : 0.97 s
 
 For the `identifier_format` you can use any f-string that it will use `{uri}`,
 `{args}` or `{kwargs}`. By default it will use `{uri}`.

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/configuring.rst

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ So the file parsing order is:
   * ``avocado.plugins.settings`` plugins (but they can insert to any location)
 
         - For more information about this, visit the "Contributor's Guide"
-          section named "Writing an Avocado plugin"
+          section named :ref:`writing_plugin`
 
   * ``~/.config/avocado/avocado.conf``
 
@@ -229,10 +229,6 @@ Example using the command-line:
 
   $ avocado run --verbose /bin/true
 
-.. note:: Currently we still have some "old style boolean" options where you
-  should pass "on" or "off" on the command-line. i.e: ``--json-job-result=off``.
-  Those options are going to be replaced soon.
-
 Lists
 ~~~~~
 

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/datadirs.rst

@@ -49,6 +49,3 @@ place temporary files used by tests. That directory will be in normal circumstan
 ``/var/tmp/avocado_XXXXX``, (where ``XXXXX`` is in actuality a random string) securely
 created on ``/var/tmp/``, unless the user has the ``$TMPDIR`` environment variable set,
 since that is customary among unix programs.
-
-The next section of the documentation explains how you can see and set config
-values that modify the behavior for the Avocado utilities and plugins.

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/dependencies.rst

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 Managing Dependencies
 =====================
 
-.. note:: Test dependencies are supported only on the nrunner runner.
-
 A test's dependency can be fulfilled by the Dependencies Resolver feature.
 
 Test's dependencies are specified in the test definition and are fulfilled

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/installing.rst

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Installing from PyPI
 --------------------
 
 The simplest installation method is through ``pip``.  On most POSIX systems
-with Python 3.4 (or later) and ``pip`` available, installation can be performed
+with Python 3.7 (or later) and ``pip`` available, installation can be performed
 with a single command::
 
   $ pip3 install --user avocado-framework
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ version 29.  To subscribe to the latest version stream, run::
 
 Or, to use the LTS (Long Term Stability) version stream, run::
 
-  $ dnf module enable avocado:82lts
+  $ dnf module enable avocado:103lts
 
 Then proceed to install a module profile or individual packages.  If you're
 unsure about what to do, simply run::
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Then to install Avocado from the git repository run::
     $ cd avocado
     $ python3 setup.py install --user
 
-Optionally, to install the plugins run:
+Optionally, to install the plugins run::
 
     $ python3 setup.py plugin --install=golang --user
     $ python3 setup.py plugin --install=html --user

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/introduction.rst

@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ test reference, which could be either a path to the file, or a recognizable
 name::
 
     $ avocado run /bin/true
-    JOB ID     : 3a5c4c51ceb5369f23702efb10b4209b111141b2
-    JOB LOG    : $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2019-10-31T10.34-3a5c4c5/job.log
-     (1/1) /bin/true: PASS (0.04 s)
+    JOB ID     : 89b5d609d4832c784f04cf14f4ec2d17917d419a
+    JOB LOG    : $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2023-09-06T15.52-89b5d60/job.log
+     (1/1) /bin/true: STARTED
+     (1/1) /bin/true: PASS (0.01 s)
     RESULTS    : PASS 1 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 0 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 0
-    JOB TIME   : 0.15 s
+    JOB HTML   : $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2023-09-06T15.52-89b5d60/results.html
+    JOB TIME   : 1.49 s
 
 You probably noticed that we used ``/bin/true`` as a test, and in
 accordance with our expectations, it passed! These are known as
@@ -57,19 +59,19 @@ instrumented and executable tests::
 Using a different runner
 ------------------------
 
-Currently Avocado has two test runners: ``nrunner`` (the new runner) and
-``runner`` (legacy).  You can find a list of current runners installed with the
+Currently Avocado has only one runner: ``nrunner`` (the new runner)
+But some plugins may use their own runners.
+You can find a list of current runners installed with the
 ``avocado plugins`` command::
 
   $ avocado plugins
   Plugins that run test suites on a job (runners):
   nrunner nrunner based implementation of job compliant runner
-  runner  The conventional test runner
 
 During the test execution, you can select the runner using the option
-``--test-runner``, where the default is the nrunner one::
+``--suite-runner``, where the default is the nrunner one::
 
-  $ avocado run --test-runner='runner' /bin/true
+  $ avocado run --suite-runner='runner' /bin/true
 
 
 Interrupting tests
@@ -170,7 +172,8 @@ them to tests. If one or more test references can not be resolved to tests, the
 Job will not be created. Example::
 
     $ avocado run examples/tests/passtest.py badtest.py
-    Unable to resolve reference(s) 'badtest.py' with plugins(s) 'file', 'robot', try running 'avocado -V list badtest.py' to see the details.
+    No tests found for given test references: badtest.py
+    Try 'avocado -V list badtest.py' for details
 
 But if you want to execute the Job anyway, with the tests that could be
 resolved, you can use ``--ignore-missing-references``, a boolean command-line
@@ -366,7 +369,7 @@ Avocado features. A reasonable effort will be made to not break backwards
 compatibility with applications that parse the current form of its JSON result.
 
 
- **3. TAP:**
+**3. TAP:**
 
 Provides the basic `TAP <https://testanything.org/>`__ (Test Anything Protocol)
 results, currently in v12. Unlike most existing Avocado machine readable
@@ -377,7 +380,7 @@ outputs this one is streamlined (per test results)::
     ok 1 examples/tests/sleeptest.py:SleepTest.test
 
 
- **4. Beaker:**
+**4. Beaker:**
 
 When avocaodo finds itself running inside a beaker task the
 beaker_report plugin will send the test results and log files to the
@@ -396,16 +399,14 @@ In order to do that, you can use ``avocado --show=job run ...``::
 
     $ avocado --show=job run examples/tests/sleeptest.py
     ...
-    Job ID: f9ea1742134e5352dec82335af584d1f151d4b85
-
-    START 1-sleeptest.py:SleepTest.test
-
-    PARAMS (key=timeout, path=*, default=None) => None
-    PARAMS (key=sleep_length, path=*, default=1) => 1
-    Sleeping for 1.00 seconds
-    PASS 1-sleeptest.py:SleepTest.test
+    
+    avocado.job: Job ID: c9ca6a96d34fd0355f5f121af7fa87eef734a196
+    avocado.job:
+    avocado.job: examples/tests/sleeptest.py:SleepTest.test: STARTED
+    avocado.job: examples/tests/sleeptest.py:SleepTest.test: PASS
+    avocado.job: More information in $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2023-09-08T15.27-c9ca6a9/test-results/1-examples_tests_sleeptest.py_SleepTest.test
+    avocado.job: Test results available in $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2023-09-08T15.27-c9ca6a9
 
-    Test results available in $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2015-06-02T10.45-f9ea174
 
 As you can see, the UI output is suppressed and only the job log is shown,
 making this a useful feature for test development and debugging.

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/operations.rst

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ from the command line, such as::
   $ avocado run /bin/true /bin/false
   JOB ID     : 42c60bea72e6d55756bfc784eb2b354f788541cf
   JOB LOG    : $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2020-08-13T11.23-42c60be/job.log
+   (1/2) /bin/true: STARTED
+   (2/2) /bin/false: STARTED
    (1/2) /bin/true: PASS (0.01 s)
-   (2/2) /bin/false: FAIL: Exited with status: '1', stdout: '' stderr: '' (0.08 s)
+   (2/2) /bin/false: FAIL (0.01 s)
   RESULTS    : PASS 1 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 1 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 0
   JOB HTML   : $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2020-08-13T11.23-42c60be/results.html
   JOB TIME   : 0.41 s
@@ -31,8 +33,10 @@ Resulting in::
   JOB ID     : f3139826f1b169a0b456e0e880ffb83ed26d9858
   SRC JOB ID : latest
   JOB LOG    : $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2020-08-13T11.24-f313982/job.log
-   (1/2) /bin/true: PASS (0.01 s)
-   (2/2) /bin/false: FAIL: Exited with status: '1', stdout: '' stderr: '' (0.07 s)
+   (1-2/2) /bin/false: STARTED
+   (1-1/2) /bin/true: STARTED
+   (1-2/2) /bin/false: FAIL (0.01 s)
+   (1-1/2) /bin/true: PASS (0.01 s)
   RESULTS    : PASS 1 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 1 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 0
   JOB HTML   : $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2020-08-13T11.24-f313982/results.html
   JOB TIME   : 0.39 s
@@ -159,7 +163,8 @@ using the ``--dry-run`` argument::
     $ avocado run /bin/true --dry-run
     JOB ID     : 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
     JOB LOG    : /var/tmp/avocado-dry-run-k2i_uiqx/job-2020-09-02T09.09-0000000/job.log
-     (1/1) /bin/true: CANCEL: Test cancelled due to --dry-run (0.01 s)
+     (1/1) /bin/true: STARTED
+     (1/1) /bin/true: CANCEL: Test cancelled due to --dry-run (0.00 s)
     RESULTS    : PASS 0 | ERROR 0 | FAIL 0 | SKIP 0 | WARN 0 | INTERRUPT 0 | CANCEL 1
     JOB HTML   : /var/tmp/avocado-dry-run-k2i_uiqx/job-2020-09-02T09.09-0000000/results.html
     JOB TIME   : 0.29 s
@@ -205,4 +210,4 @@ tests::
 Notice that the verbose flag also adds summary information.
 
 .. seealso:: To read more about test discovery, visit the section
-  "Understanding the test discovery (Avocado Loaders)".
+  :ref:`finding_tests`.

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/plugins.rst

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ developers to make execution more effective. To list the plugins in execution
 order, you can use ``avocado plugins --ordered``.
 
 .. note:: For more information about how the execution order is set, please
-   visit visit the Plugin section on Contributor's Guide.
+   visit the :ref:`writing_plugin` section on Contributor's Guide.
 
 Changing the plugin execution order
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ That configuration sets the ``job.prepost.myplugin`` plugin to execute before
 the standard Avocado ``job.prepost.jobscripts`` does.
 
 .. note:: If you are interested on how plugins works and how to create your own
-  plugin, visit the Plugin section on Contributor's Guide.
+  plugin, visit the :ref:`writing_plugin` section on Contributor's Guide.
 
 Pre and post plugins
 --------------------

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/results.rst

@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ name includes a timestamp, such as ``job-2021-09-28T14.21-e0775d9``. A typical
 results directory structure can be seen below ::
 
     $HOME/avocado/job-results/job-2021-09-28T14.21-e0775d9/
-    ├── avocado.core.DEBUG
+    ├── full.log
     ├── id
     ├── jobdata
     │   ├── args.json
     │   ├── cmdline
     │   ├── config
     │   ├── pwd
     │   ├── test_references
-    │   └── variants-1.json
+    │   └── variants-1-1.json
     ├── job.log
     ├── results.html
     ├── results.json
@@ -84,27 +84,33 @@ results directory structure can be seen below ::
     │   │   └── version
     │   └── profile
     └── test-results
-        ├── 1-examples_tests_sleeptest.py_SleepTest.test
+        ├── 1-1-_bin_true
         │   ├── debug.log
-        │   └── whiteboard
-        ├── 2-examples_tests_sleeptest.py_SleepTest.test
+        │   ├── stderr
+        │   └── stdout
+        ├── 1-2-_bin_false
         │   ├── debug.log
-        │   └── whiteboard
-        └── 3-examples_tests_sleeptest.py_SleepTest.test
-            ├── debug.log
-            └── whiteboard
+        │   ├── stderr
+        │   └── stdout
+        └── by-status
+            ├── FAIL
+            │   └── 1-2-_bin_false -> ../../1-2-_bin_false
+            └── PASS
+                └── 1-1-_bin_true -> ../../1-1-_bin_true
 
 From what you can see, the results directory has:
 
 1) A human readable ``id`` in the top level, with the job SHA1.
 2) A human readable ``job.log`` in the top level, with human readable logs of
    the task
-3) Subdirectory ``jobdata``, that contains machine readable data about the job.
-4) A machine readable ``results.xml`` and ``results.json`` in the top level,
+3) A human readable ``full.log`` in the top level, with human readable logs of
+   anything genereated inside the job.
+4) Subdirectory ``jobdata``, that contains machine readable data about the job.
+5) A machine readable ``results.xml`` and ``results.json`` in the top level,
    with a summary of the job information in xUnit/json format.
-5) A top level ``sysinfo`` dir, with sub directories ``pre``, ``post`` and
+6) A top level ``sysinfo`` dir, with sub directories ``pre``, ``post`` and
    ``profile``, that store sysinfo files pre/post/during job, respectively.
-6) Subdirectory ``test-results``, that contains a number of subdirectories
+7) Subdirectory ``test-results``, that contains a number of subdirectories
    (filesystem-friendly test ids). Those test ids represent instances of test
    execution results.
 
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ Test execution instances specification
 
 The instances should have:
 
-1) A top level human readable ``job.log``, with job debug information
+1) A top level human readable ``job.log`` and ``full.log``, with job debug information
 2) A ``sysinfo`` subdirectory, with sub directories ``pre``, ``post`` and
    ``profile`` that store sysinfo files pre test, post test and
    profiling info while the test was running, respectively.

docs/source/guides/user/chapters/tags.rst

@@ -158,5 +158,5 @@ could use::
 
 
 .. seealso:: If you would like to understand how write plugins and how describe
-  tags inside a plugin, please visit the section: `Writing Tests` on Avocado Test
+  tags inside a plugin, please visit the :ref:`writing_tests` on Avocado Test
   Writer's Guide.

docs/source/guides/writer/chapters/writing.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _writing_tests:
+
 Writing Avocado Tests with Python
 =================================