Add helper to run tests in docker container

and use this on travisci. Some ideas taken form travis.debian.net.

3 files changed, 41 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cfae53bc..60e70073 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 ---
+sudo: required
 language: python
+
+services:
+  - docker
+
 python:
  - "2.7"
 install: "pip install -r requirements.txt"
-script: flake8
+script:
+  - flake8
+  - tests/helpers/run-in-docker
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 237d15c6..6fbd41b2 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ other tests use:
 
     make all+net
 
+You can run the tests in a debian/sid docker container by using
+tests/helpers/run-in-docker.
 
 Building the API Docs
 ---------------------
diff --git a/tests/helpers/run-in-docker b/tests/helpers/run-in-docker
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0c5ccc87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helpers/run-in-docker
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -eu
+
+echo $(pwd)
+cat >Dockerfile <<EOF
+FROM debian:sid
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN echo "deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main" > /etc/apt/sources.list
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --yes
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential adduser
+RUN adduser gbp --disabled-password --gecos='gbp test user' --shell=/bin/bash --home /git-buildpackage
+
+WORKDIR /git-buildpackage
+COPY . .
+RUN chown -R gbp: .
+
+RUN apt-get -y build-dep .
+# Run as non root so permision tests pass
+CMD su -c "make all+net" gbp
+EOF
+
+CIDFILE="$(mktemp --dry-run)"
+TAG="git-buildpackage/sid"
+echo "Building Docker image ${TAG}"
+docker build . --tag=${TAG}
+docker run --cidfile=${CIDFILE} ${TAG}
+
+docker rm "$(cat ${CIDFILE})" >/dev/null
+rm -f "${CIDFILE}"
+