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tests: Improve documentation. 

* tests/openpgp/README: Add quickstart instructions, how to use
shell.scm, remove no longer used MKDATA.

Signed-off-by: Justus Winter <justus@g10code.com>
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# Emacs, this is an -*- org -*- file.
* How to run the test suite
** tldr: How to run all tests fast.
obj $ make check-all TESTFLAGS=--parallel
You can use --parallel=N to request N parallel jobs. Hint: Tuck
TESTFLAGS=--parallel in your environment.
** Running individual test suites or tests
From your build directory, run
obj $ make -C tests/openpgp check
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programs are executed, or verbose=3 to see even more program output
and exit codes.
** Inspecting the test environment
To inspect the environment in which tests are running, or to quickly
create keys for debugging or testing, you can start a shell. There is
one test that doese just that:
obj $ make -C tests/openpgp check TESTS=shell.scm
PASS: tests/openpgp/setup.scm
Load legacy test environment? [Y/n] y
Drop 'batch' from gpg.conf? [Y/n] y
Enjoy your test environment. Type 'exit' to exit it, it will be cleaned up after you.
... $ gpg -k Alfa
gpg: NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION!
gpg: It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be
gpg: used in a production environment or with production keys!
gpg: /tmp/gpgscm-20170809T144032-run-tests-PFfybw/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
pub dsa1024 1999-03-08 [SCA]
A0FF4590BB6122EDEF6E3C542D727CC768697734
uid [ unknown] Alfa Test (demo key) <alfa@example.net>
uid [ unknown] Alpha Test (demo key) <alpha@example.net>
uid [ unknown] Alice (demo key)
sub elg1024 1999-03-08 [E]
PATH is adjusted so that you will use the tools from the build tree.
Note that the directory is removed when you exit the shell.
** Passing options to the test driver
You can set TESTFLAGS to pass flags to 'run-tests.scm'. For example,
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The test suite does not hardcode any paths to tools. If set it is
used to locate the tools to test, otherwise the test suite assumes to
be run from the build directory.
**** MKTDATA and GPG_PRESET_PASSPHRASE
These two tools are not installed by 'make install', hence we need to
explicitly override their position. In fact, the location of any tool
**** GPG_PRESET_PASSPHRASE
This tool is not installed by 'make install', hence we need to
explicitly override its position. In fact, the location of any tool
used by the test suite can be overridden this way. See defs.scm.
**** argv[0]
run-tests.scm depends on being able to re-exec gpgscm. It uses