Just test the static modules:

PATH=/path/to/nginx/sbin:$PATH prove -r cases/footer.t
PATH=/path/to/nginx/sbin:$PATH prove -r cases/syslog.t
PATH=/path/to/nginx/sbin:$PATH prove -r cases/user_agent.t
TEST_NGINX_SLEEP_BEFORE=6 TEST_NGINX_USE_HUP=1 PATH=/path/to/nginx/sbin:$PATH prove -r cases/ngx_http_upstream_check_module


Just test the DSO modules. The test script can compile the dso module when testing:

TEST_NGINX_DSO_PATH=/path/to/dso/module/source/ TEST_NGINX_BINARY=/path/to/nginx/sbin/nginx prove -r dso_cases/footer.t
TEST_NGINX_DSO_PATH=/path/to/dso/module/source/ TEST_NGINX_BINARY=/path/to/nginx/sbin/nginx prove -r dso_cases/syslog.t
TEST_NGINX_DSO_PATH=/path/to/dso/module/source/ TEST_NGINX_BINARY=/path/to/nginx/sbin/nginx prove -r dso_cases/user_agent.t
TEST_NGINX_DSO_PATH=/path/to/dso/module/source/ TEST_NGINX_BINARY=/path/to/nginx/sbin/nginx TEST_NGINX_SLEEP_BEFORE=6 TEST_NGINX_USE_HUP=1 PATH=/path/to/nginx/sbin:$PATH prove -r cases/ngx_http_upstream_check_module