test-web: redirect stdio to make test work standalone

[bup.git] / README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ Reasons you might want to avoid bup
    of corruption.
  
  - It currently only works on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OS X >= 10.4,
-   Solaris, or Windows (with Cygwin, and maybe with WSL).  Patches to
-   support other platforms are welcome.
+   Solaris, or Windows (with Cygwin, and WSL).  Patches to support
+   other platforms are welcome.
 
  - Until resolved, a [glibc bug](https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26034)
    might cause bup to crash on startup for some (unusual) command line
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ From source
     apt-get install python-pyxattr
     apt-get install pkg-config linux-libc-dev libacl1-dev
     apt-get install acl attr
+    apt-get isntall python-pytest-xdist # optional (parallel tests)
     apt-get install libreadline-dev # optional (bup ftp)
     apt-get install python-tornado # optional (bup web)
     ```
@@ -198,6 +199,14 @@ From source
     make check
     ```
        
+    If you have the Python xdist module installed, then you can
+    probably run the tests faster by adding the make -j option (see <a
+    href="HACKING">./HACKING</a> for additional information):
+
+    ```sh
+    make -j check
+    ```
+
     The tests should pass.  If they don't pass for you, stop here and
     send an email to bup-list@googlegroups.com.  Though if there are
     symbolic links along the current working directory path, the tests
@@ -242,6 +251,8 @@ Binary packages of bup are known to be built for the following OSes:
     https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&q=bup
  - Fedora:
     https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/bup
+ - macOS (Homebrew):
+    https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bup
 
 
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