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+parsinsert (1.04-6) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Run also comparison after the test command to verify correctness
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:41:33 +0100
+
 parsinsert (1.04-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Run command from autopkgtest also as runtime-test to spot issues

debian/rules

@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	cd debian/tests/test_data && \
 	$(CURDIR)/parsinsert -d0 -c80 -n1 set1000.fasta -m lanemask.txt -x rdp.taxonomy \
 		-l set1000.log -o set1000.results -t core_rdp.ntree \
-		-s core_rdp.fasta
+		-s core_rdp.fasta && \
+	cmp -s right_results set1000.results || { \
+	    echo "incorrect result" ; \
+	    exit 1 ; \
+	}
 endif
 
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