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created recipes for libunibreak and libunibreak-dev
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Fri Mar 25 09:25:18 2022 +0100 (2022-03-25) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/lcov/description.txt Fri Mar 25 09:25:18 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ 1.4 +LCOV is an extension of GCOV, a GNU tool which provides information about 1.5 +what parts of a program are actually executed (i.e. "covered") while running 1.6 +a particular test case. The extension consists of a set of Perl scripts 1.7 +which build on the textual GCOV output to implement the following enhanced 1.8 +functionality: 1.9 + 1.10 +* HTML based output: coverage rates are additionally indicated using bar 1.11 + graphs and specific colors. 1.12 + 1.13 +* Support for large projects: overview pages allow quick browsing of 1.14 + coverage data by providing three levels of detail: directory view, 1.15 + file view and source code view. 1.16 + 1.17 +LCOV was initially designed to support Linux kernel coverage measurements, 1.18 +but works as well for coverage measurements on standard user space 1.19 +applications.