Simplify running tests even further

Now you can just say:

  $ nix-build '<nixos/tests/login.nix>'

You can still get the driver script for interactive testing:

  $ nix-build '<nixos/tests/login.nix>' -A driver
  $ ./result/bin/nixos-test-driver

nixos/lib/testing.nix

@@ -67,59 +67,55 @@ rec {
     };
 
 
-  makeTest = testFun: complete (call testFun);
-  makeTests = testsFun: lib.mapAttrs (name: complete) (call testsFun);
+  makeTest =
+    { testScript, makeCoverageReport ? false, ... } @ t:
 
-  apply = makeTest; # compatibility
-  call = f: f { inherit pkgs system; };
+    let
 
-  complete = { testScript, makeCoverageReport ? false, ... } @ t: t // rec {
+      nodes = buildVirtualNetwork (
+        t.nodes or (if t ? machine then { machine = t.machine; } else { }));
 
-    nodes = buildVirtualNetwork (
-      t.nodes or (if t ? machine then { machine = t.machine; } else { }));
+      testScript' =
+        # Call the test script with the computed nodes.
+        if builtins.isFunction testScript
+        then testScript { inherit nodes; }
+        else testScript;
 
-    testScript =
-      # Call the test script with the computed nodes.
-      if builtins.isFunction t.testScript
-      then t.testScript { inherit nodes; }
-      else t.testScript;
+      vlans = map (m: m.config.virtualisation.vlans) (lib.attrValues nodes);
 
-    vlans = map (m: m.config.virtualisation.vlans) (lib.attrValues nodes);
+      vms = map (m: m.config.system.build.vm) (lib.attrValues nodes);
 
-    vms = map (m: m.config.system.build.vm) (lib.attrValues nodes);
+      # Generate onvenience wrappers for running the test driver
+      # interactively with the specified network, and for starting the
+      # VMs from the command line.
+      driver = runCommand "nixos-test-driver"
+        { buildInputs = [ makeWrapper];
+          testScript = testScript';
+          preferLocalBuild = true;
+        }
+        ''
+          mkdir -p $out/bin
+          echo "$testScript" > $out/test-script
+          ln -s ${testDriver}/bin/nixos-test-driver $out/bin/
+          vms="$(for i in ${toString vms}; do echo $i/bin/run-*-vm; done)"
+          wrapProgram $out/bin/nixos-test-driver \
+            --add-flags "$vms" \
+            --run "testScript=\"\$(cat $out/test-script)\"" \
+            --set testScript '"$testScript"' \
+            --set VLANS '"${toString vlans}"'
+          ln -s ${testDriver}/bin/nixos-test-driver $out/bin/nixos-run-vms
+          wrapProgram $out/bin/nixos-run-vms \
+            --add-flags "$vms" \
+            --set tests '"startAll; joinAll;"' \
+            --set VLANS '"${toString vlans}"' \
+            ${lib.optionalString (builtins.length vms == 1) "--set USE_SERIAL 1"}
+        ''; # "
 
-    # Generate onvenience wrappers for running the test driver
-    # interactively with the specified network, and for starting the
-    # VMs from the command line.
-    driver = runCommand "nixos-test-driver"
-      { buildInputs = [ makeWrapper];
-        inherit testScript;
-        preferLocalBuild = true;
-      }
-      ''
-        mkdir -p $out/bin
-        echo "$testScript" > $out/test-script
-        ln -s ${testDriver}/bin/nixos-test-driver $out/bin/
-        vms="$(for i in ${toString vms}; do echo $i/bin/run-*-vm; done)"
-        wrapProgram $out/bin/nixos-test-driver \
-          --add-flags "$vms" \
-          --run "testScript=\"\$(cat $out/test-script)\"" \
-          --set testScript '"$testScript"' \
-          --set VLANS '"${toString vlans}"'
-        ln -s ${testDriver}/bin/nixos-test-driver $out/bin/nixos-run-vms
-        wrapProgram $out/bin/nixos-run-vms \
-          --add-flags "$vms" \
-          --set tests '"startAll; joinAll;"' \
-          --set VLANS '"${toString vlans}"' \
-          ${lib.optionalString (builtins.length vms == 1) "--set USE_SERIAL 1"}
-      ''; # "
+      test = runTests driver;
 
-    test = runTests driver;
+      report = releaseTools.gcovReport { coverageRuns = [ test ]; };
 
-    report = releaseTools.gcovReport { coverageRuns = [ test ]; };
-
-    result = if makeCoverageReport then report else test;
-  };
+    in (if makeCoverageReport then report else test) // { inherit driver test; };
 
 
   runInMachine =
@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ rec {
         exit $?
       '';
 
-      testscript = ''
+      testScript = ''
         startAll;
         $client->waitForUnit("multi-user.target");
         ${preBuild}
@@ -162,7 +158,7 @@ rec {
         ${coreutils}/bin/mkdir $out
         ${coreutils}/bin/mkdir -p vm-state-client/xchg
         export > vm-state-client/xchg/saved-env
-        export tests='${testscript}'
+        export tests='${testScript}'
         ${testDriver}/bin/nixos-test-driver ${vm.config.system.build.vm}/bin/run-*-vm
       ''; # */
 

nixos/release.nix

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
 
   forAllSystems = pkgs.lib.genAttrs systems;
 
-  callTest = fn: args: forAllSystems (system: (import fn ({ inherit system; } // args)).result);
+  callTest = fn: args: forAllSystems (system: import fn ({ inherit system; } // args));
 
   pkgs = import nixpkgs { system = "x86_64-linux"; };