Add portability note and reference to the platform hints FAQ answer

diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README
index 6906b59db85a4fa9ee5a6976fb3088915cf81517..e10fb9107d65da6bc22b311097916f19fa0d2bd0 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/README
+++ b/tests/README
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ verify basic functionality of the LDAP libraries, slapd, and slurpd.
        To run BDB tests, type "make bdb".
        To run LDBM tests, type "make ldbm".
 
        To run BDB tests, type "make bdb".
        To run LDBM tests, type "make ldbm".
 

+The test scripts depends on a number of tools commonly available on
+Unix (and Unix-like) systems.  While attempts have been made to make
+these scripts reasonable portable, they may not run properly on your
+system.  You may have to adjust your path so that compatible versions
+of tools used are available to the scripts and/or you may have to
+install replacement tools.  Platform specific hints may be found at:
+       http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=9
+

 To modify the debug level the tests run slapd with, set the SLAPD_DEBUG
 environment variable.
        env SLAPD_DEBUG=1 make test
 To modify the debug level the tests run slapd with, set the SLAPD_DEBUG
 environment variable.
        env SLAPD_DEBUG=1 make test