Install libfaketime in base Docker image #644
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Description
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Some functionality may only be tested at certain times of the year. For example, the command
start_allocation_period
, which runs processing to allocate service units to projects under which renewals were requested, may only be run once the provided period has started.libfaketime
enables the current date and time of the machine to be mocked to test functionality like this beforehand. It had been used before, but had not been incorporated into the Docker development environment.libfaketime
in theos
Docker image, which is inherited by other images.Type of change
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How Has This Been Tested?
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app-shell
,web
).date
command. Ensure that the outputted date matches the fake time that was set.PR Self Evaluation
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