included-tests: generate binary data from test files for inclusion into test binaries

This change moves test data into the binaries rather than reading them from
the disk at runtime.

Advantages:
- Tests become distributable
- Cross-compile friendly. Build on one machine and execute in an arbitrary
  location on another.
- Easier testing for backports. Users can verify that tests pass without having
  to track down corresponding test data.
- More trustworthy test results and easier quality assurance as tests make
  fewer assumptions about their environment.
- Tests could theoretically run at client/daemon startup and exit on failure.

Disadvantages:
- Required 'hexdump' build-dependency. This is a standard bsd tool that should
  be usable everywhere. It is likely already installed on all build-machines.
- Tests can no longer be fudged after build by altering test-data.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a413798199..b47185dcfa 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ AC_PATH_PROGS([LUPDATE], [lupdate-qt4 lupdate4 lupdate],, $qt_bin_path:$PATH)
 AC_PATH_PROG([PROTOC], [protoc],, $protoc_bin_path:$PATH)
 AC_PATH_PROG(CCACHE,ccache)
 AC_PATH_PROG(XGETTEXT,xgettext)
+AC_PATH_PROG(HEXDUMP,hexdump)
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
 ## TODO: Remove these hard-coded paths and flags. They are here for the sake of
@@ -353,6 +354,12 @@ AX_BOOST_THREAD
 AX_BOOST_CHRONO
 
 if test x$use_tests = xyes; then
+
+  if test x$HEXDUMP = x; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(hexdump is required for tests)
+  fi
+
+
   AX_BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK
 fi