Using the LSB Application Battery for Runtime Certification

One of the requirements of a runtime environment seeking LSB certification is to verify the correct operation of binary applications from the LSB application battery. Thes applications are LSB Certification Ready themselves, so this will ensure the runtime environment can work correctly with LSB compliant applications. For LSB v1.2 certification the correct operation of any two applications was required. For LSB v1.3 and later certification all LSB Certification Ready applications must be tested. For each application in the battery there is a defined functional verification test that must be run. These tests will perform a cursory check to make sure key functions of the application are okay. This document will go into more detail to describe where to get the applications, where to find the test descriptions, and the procedure to follow when verifying application function.

Functional Test of Applications

LSB 4.0 Functional Tests (UNOFFICIAL - 4.0 is not released)

LSB 3.2 Functional Tests

LSB 3.1 Functional Tests

LSB 3.0 Functional Tests

LSB 2.0 Functional Tests

LSB 1.3 Functional Tests

Procedure

To use the LSB application battery for runtime environment testing, simply download all of the LSB Certification Ready applications from the battery, install them on the runtime environment being tested, execute the tests in each application's FVT. Once completed you should declare the list of applications used in your product's Conformance Statement which is submitted to the LSB Certification Authority.

Download Applications

The following tables list all the applications in the battery for each supported processor architecture. For purposes of LSB runtime certification, only applications that have denoted an LSB Certification Ready Date can be used (or for that matter, are required to be used). Over time additional applications may be added to the application battery or existing applications may be updated. Any new or updated applications become mandatory for for LSB runtime certification ninety days after becoming available as indicated by the Certification Ready Date in the table. The other applications in the battery are likely to work across multiple runtime environments, but they cannot be used, and are not required, for runtime certification until they are LSB Certification Ready. All of the applications in the battery are available from the download page.