2 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/suite_release.py b/test/suite_release.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8775f1f982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/suite_release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Wireshark tests
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+#
+'''Release tests'''
+
+import fixtures
+import re
+import subprocess
+import subprocesstest
+import types
+
+@fixtures.fixture
+def wireshark_features(request, cmd_wireshark, make_env):
+    '''
+    Returns an object describing available features in Wireshark. Tests
+    will be skipped unless --enable-release is passed on the command line.
+    '''
+    enabled = request.config.getoption('--enable-release', default=False)
+    if not enabled:
+        fixtures.skip('Release tests are not enabled via --enable-release')
+
+    try:
+        wireshark_v = subprocess.check_output(
+            (cmd_wireshark, '--version'),
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            universal_newlines=True,
+            env=make_env()
+        )
+        wireshark_v = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', wireshark_v)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as ex:
+        print('Failed to detect Wireshark features: %s' % (ex,))
+        wireshark_v = ''
+    return types.SimpleNamespace(
+        have_automatic_updates='with automatic updates' in wireshark_v,
+    )
+
+@fixtures.uses_fixtures
+class case_release_automatic_updates(subprocesstest.SubprocessTestCase):
+    def test_automatic_updates_present(self, wireshark_features):
+        '''Checks whether Wireshark was built with automatic updates.'''
+
+        self.assertTrue(wireshark_features.have_automatic_updates);
diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
index df3e9337aa..fa6a543057 100755
--- a/test/test.py
+++ b/test/test.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Wireshark unit tests')
     cap_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     cap_group.add_argument('-E', '--disable-capture', action='store_true', help='Disable capture tests')
+    release_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    release_group.add_argument('--enable-release', action='store_true', help='Enable release tests')
     parser.add_argument('-p', '--program-path', default=os.path.curdir, help='Path to Wireshark executables.')
     parser.add_argument('--skip-missing-programs',
         help='Skip tests that lack programs from this list instead of failing'