Replace single-letter -# self-tests with a named -#test=NAME registry (#427)

The hidden engine self-tests had accreted into a grab-bag of arbitrary
single-letter/-digit -# arms (-#0, -#A, -#W, ...) buried in the htscoremain.c
option switch, with no mnemonics and stale --help text. Collapse them into one
registry: -#test lists every test with a usage hint and one-line description,
and -#test=NAME [args] runs one.

The handlers and the two helpers they used (basic_selftests,
string_safety_selftests) move to a new htsselftest.c keyed by a
{name, args, desc, fn} table; htscoremain.c keeps only a small dispatch that
runs ahead of the no-URL usage gate, so a bare -#test (or an arg-less test like
copyopt/dns/cookies) no longer needs a dummy URL token to be reached. The
genuine debug knobs (-#L, -#C, -#R, -#h, ...) stay as letters in the switch;
only the unit self-tests, whose sole callers are tests/01_engine-*.test, are
renamed, so this is internal-only with no compatibility surface. Behavior is
preserved: each test prints the same result line and exit code, which the
existing assertions pin. Three now-unused includes (htscache_selftest.h,
htsdns_selftest.h, htsencoding.h) drop out of htscoremain.c.

Tests: the engine tests move to -#test=NAME; 01_engine-hashtable now asserts its
success line (not just exit code) so a misrouted registry row can't pass, and a
new 01_engine-selftest-dispatch covers the bare-list and unknown-name paths.

The --help/man "guru options" list now points at -#test instead of enumerating
a stale subset. The lone vestigial alias --debug-testfilters still resolves to
the removed -#0 (it was already non-functional: param1 supplies one argument,
-#0 required two); it is left untouched because editing that array forces
clang-format to reflow the whole untouched table.

Signed-off-by: Xavier Roche <roche@httrack.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

AGENTS.md

@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ the operational checklist: toolchain, invariants, and how to ship a change.
 - Be terse. Comment the why, in English; translate French comments you touch.
 - Strip AI tells from prose (em-dash overuse, rule-of-three, filler, vague
   attributions). Ref: Wikipedia "Signs of AI writing". Claude Code: `/humanizer`.
-- Behavior change → add a test. Fast path: a hidden `httrack -#N` debug
-  subcommand (`htscoremain.c`) driven by a `tests/NN_*.test`, over a slow crawl.
+- Behavior change → add a test. Fast path: a hidden `httrack -#test=NAME` engine
+  self-test (registry in `htsselftest.c`; `-#test` lists them) driven by a
+  `tests/NN_*.test`, over a slow crawl.
 
 ## Review your change adversarially (strongly suggested)
 Before pushing, and when reviewing others, don't skim for bugs:

man/httrack.1

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" This file is generated by man/makeman.sh; do not edit by hand.
 .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-.TH httrack 1 "13 June 2026" "httrack website copier"
+.TH httrack 1 "26 June 2026" "httrack website copier"
 .SH NAME
 httrack \- offline browser : copy websites to a local directory
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -313,12 +313,8 @@ debug HTTP headers in logfile (\-\-debug\-headers)
 .SS Guru options: (do NOT use if possible)
 .IP \-#X
 *use optimized engine (limited memory boundary checks) (\-\-fast\-engine)
-.IP \-#0
-filter test (\-#0 '*.gif' 'www.bar.com/foo.gif') (\-\-debug\-testfilters <param>)
-.IP \-#1
-simplify test (\-#1 ./foo/bar/../foobar)
-.IP \-#2
-type test (\-#2 /foo/bar.php)
+.IP \-#test
+list engine self\-tests (run one with \-#test=NAME [args])
 .IP \-#C
 cache list (\-#C '*.com/spider*.gif' (\-\-debug\-cache <param>)
 .IP \-#R

src/Makefile.am

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ whttrackrundir = $(bindir)
 whttrackrun_SCRIPTS = webhttrack
 
 libhttrack_la_SOURCES =  htscore.c htsparse.c htsback.c htscache.c \
-	htscache_selftest.c htsdns_selftest.c \
+	htscache_selftest.c htsdns_selftest.c htsselftest.c \
 	htscatchurl.c htsfilters.c htsftp.c htshash.c coucal/coucal.c \
 	htshelp.c htslib.c htscoremain.c \
 	htsname.c htsrobots.c htstools.c htswizard.c \
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ libhttrack_la_SOURCES =  htscore.c htsparse.c htsback.c htscache.c \
 	md5.c \
 	minizip/ioapi.c minizip/mztools.c minizip/unzip.c minizip/zip.c \
 	hts-indextmpl.h htsalias.h htsback.h htsbase.h htssafe.h \
-	htsbasenet.h htsbauth.h htscache.h htscache_selftest.h htsdns_selftest.h htscatchurl.h  \
+	htsbasenet.h htsbauth.h htscache.h htscache_selftest.h htsdns_selftest.h htsselftest.h htscatchurl.h  \
 	htsconfig.h htscore.h htsparse.h htscoremain.h htsdefines.h  \
 	htsfilters.h htsftp.h htsglobal.h htshash.h coucal/coucal.h \
 	htshelp.h htsindex.h htslib.h htsmd5.h \

src/htshelp.c

@@ -646,9 +646,7 @@ void help(const char *app, int more) {
   infomsg("");
   infomsg("Guru options: (do NOT use if possible)");
   infomsg(" #X *use optimized engine (limited memory boundary checks)");
-  infomsg(" #0  filter test (-#0 '*.gif' 'www.bar.com/foo.gif')");
-  infomsg(" #1  simplify test (-#1 ./foo/bar/../foobar)");
-  infomsg(" #2  type test (-#2 /foo/bar.php)");
+  infomsg(" #test  list engine self-tests (run one with -#test=NAME [args])");
   infomsg(" #C  cache list (-#C '*.com/spider*.gif'");
   infomsg(" #R  cache repair (damaged cache)");
   infomsg(" #d  debug parser");

src/htsselftest.h

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/*
+HTTrack Website Copier, Offline Browser for Windows and Unix
+Copyright (C) 2026 Xavier Roche and other contributors
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Ethical use: we kindly ask that you NOT use this software to harvest email
+addresses or to collect any other private information about people. Doing so
+would dishonor our work and waste the many hours we have spent on it.
+
+Please visit our Website: http://www.httrack.com
+*/
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* File: htsselftest.h                                          */
+/*       named dispatch for the hidden engine self-tests        */
+/* Author: Xavier Roche                                         */
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+#ifndef HTSSELFTEST_DEFH
+#define HTSSELFTEST_DEFH
+
+#ifdef HTS_INTERNAL_BYTECODE
+
+#ifndef HTS_DEF_FWSTRUCT_httrackp
+#define HTS_DEF_FWSTRUCT_httrackp
+typedef struct httrackp httrackp;
+#endif
+
+/* Run engine self-test `name` over the positional args argv[0..argc-1], or list
+   the available tests when name is NULL, empty, or "list". Prints the result;
+   returns the process exit code (0 == success). The caller owns option cleanup.
+   Reached through the hidden `httrack -#test[=NAME ...]` subcommand. */
+int hts_selftest(httrackp *opt, const char *name, int argc, char **argv);
+
+#endif
+
+#endif

tests/01_engine-cache-golden.test

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # POSIX /bin/sh on some platforms (e.g. macOS), so avoid bashisms and GNU-only
 # tool flags despite the #!/bin/bash above.
 
-# Golden cache-format regression test (driven by 'httrack -#B <dir>').
+# Golden cache-format regression test (driven by 'httrack -#test=cache-golden <dir>').
 #
 # 01_engine-cache.test writes the cache with the same build it reads back (a
 # round-trip), so it cannot catch a read-path or ZIP-format regression where
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # byte-exact.
 #
 # Regenerate the fixture after a deliberate format change with
-# 'httrack -#B <dir> regen', then copy <dir>/hts-cache/new.zip over the
+# 'httrack -#test=cache-golden <dir> regen', then copy <dir>/hts-cache/new.zip over the
 # committed file.
 
 set -eu
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ trap 'rm -rf "$dir"' EXIT
 mkdir -p "$dir/hts-cache"
 cp "$fixture/hts-cache/new.zip" "$dir/hts-cache/new.zip"
 
-out=$(httrack -#B "$dir")
+out=$(httrack -#test=cache-golden "$dir")
 
 # Match the exact success line: the read must have found and verified every
-# entry, not merely failed to enter the mode (a bad -#B falls through to the
-# usage screen, which also exits non-zero but never prints this).
+# entry, not merely failed to enter the mode (a renamed/removed test prints the
+# registry to stderr, which also exits non-zero but never prints this).
 test "$out" = "cache-golden: OK" || {
     echo "expected 'cache-golden: OK', got: $out" >&2
     exit 1

tests/01_engine-cache-writefail.test

@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@
 # POSIX /bin/sh on some platforms (e.g. macOS), so avoid bashisms and GNU-only
 # tool flags despite the #!/bin/bash above.
 
-# Cache write-failure handling (httrack -#W <dir>). #174/#219.
+# Cache write-failure handling (httrack -#test=cache-writefail <dir>). #174/#219.
 # A failing new.zip write (disk full) used to crash the process via assertf; it
 # must instead stop the mirror with a fatal error (exit_xh=-1), no crash. The
-# self-test asserts that; reverting the fix makes -#W abort (SIGABRT) and fail.
+# self-test asserts that; reverting the fix makes -#test=cache-writefail abort (SIGABRT) and fail.
 
 set -eu
 
 dir=$(mktemp -d)
 trap 'rm -rf "$dir"' EXIT
 
-out=$(httrack -#W "$dir")
+out=$(httrack -#test=cache-writefail "$dir")
 
-# Match the exact success line (error logs also go to stdout); a bad -#W falls
-# through to the usage screen, which exits non-zero but never prints this.
+# Match the exact success line (error logs also go to stdout); a renamed/removed
+# test prints the registry to stderr, which exits non-zero but never prints this.
 printf '%s\n' "$out" | grep -qx "cache-writefail: OK" || {
     echo "expected 'cache-writefail: OK', got: $out" >&2
     exit 1

tests/01_engine-cache.test

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # POSIX /bin/sh on some platforms (e.g. macOS), so avoid bashisms and GNU-only
 # tool flags despite the #!/bin/bash above.
 
-# Cache create/read/update logic (driven by 'httrack -#A <dir>').
+# Cache create/read/update logic (driven by 'httrack -#test=cache <dir>').
 #
 # The in-process self-test stores several hand-crafted edge entries (normal
 # HTML, an empty redirect with a near-limit location, a non-HTML body kept via
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ set -eu
 dir=$(mktemp -d)
 trap 'rm -rf "$dir"' EXIT
 
-# Like the other -# debug modes, a trailing token (the working directory) is
-# required; a bare '-#A' falls through to the usage screen.
-out=$(httrack -#A "$dir")
+# The working directory is a required argument; without it the test prints a
+# usage line to stderr and returns non-zero.
+out=$(httrack -#test=cache "$dir")
 
 # Match the exact success line, so the test cannot pass for an unrelated reason
-# (e.g. the -#A mode being gone and falling through to the usage screen, which
-# also exits non-zero but never prints this).
+# (e.g. the cache test being gone, which prints the registry to stderr but
+# never prints this line).
 test "$out" = "cache-selftest: OK" || {
     echo "expected 'cache-selftest: OK', got: $out" >&2
     exit 1

tests/01_engine-charset.test

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # charset -> UTF-8 conversion (hts_convertStringToUTF8).
-# -#3 <charset> <string> prints the string re-decoded from <charset> as UTF-8.
+# -#test=charset <charset> <string> prints the string re-decoded from <charset> as UTF-8.
 conv() {
-    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#3 "$1" "$2")" == "$3" || exit 1
+    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=charset "$1" "$2")" == "$3" || exit 1
 }
 # crash probe: malformed input must exit cleanly, not abort.
 runs() {
-    httrack -O /dev/null -#3 "$1" "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
+    httrack -O /dev/null -#test=charset "$1" "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
 }
 
 # the source bytes below are UTF-8 (this file is UTF-8); "café" is 0x63 61 66 C3 A9.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ conv 'us-ascii' 'hello' 'hello'
 # unknown charset: ASCII passes through unchanged, but non-ASCII input cannot be
 # decoded and yields empty output (an error is printed to stderr).
 conv 'no-such-charset-xyz' 'abc' 'abc'
-test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#3 'no-such-charset-xyz' 'café' 2>/dev/null)" == "" || exit 1
+test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=charset 'no-such-charset-xyz' 'café' 2>/dev/null)" == "" || exit 1
 
 # malformed UTF-8 (lone continuation byte, truncated lead byte) must not crash
 runs 'utf-8' $'\x80'

tests/01_engine-cookies.test

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # Issue #151 guard: the request Cookie header must be bare RFC 6265 name=value
-# pairs, no $Version/$Path attributes. Driven by the 'httrack -#Q' selftest.
+# pairs, no $Version/$Path attributes. Driven by the 'httrack -#test=cookies' selftest.
 
 set -eu
 
-# A trailing token is required; a bare '-#Q' falls through to the usage screen.
-out=$(httrack -#Q run)
+# 'run' is an ignored placeholder argument.
+out=$(httrack -#test=cookies run)
 
-# Exact-match the success line so a fall-through to usage can't pass the test.
+# Exact-match the success line so a renamed/removed test (it prints the registry
+# to stderr) can't pass.
 test "$out" = "cookie-header: OK" || {
     echo "expected 'cookie-header: OK', got: $out" >&2
     exit 1

tests/01_engine-copyopt.test

@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 #
 # Regression guard for the unsigned-enum sentinel trap: copy_htsopt's
 # `if (from->X > -1)` guard is always false for unsigned hts_boolean fields, so
-# they silently stop being copied. Driven by the in-process 'httrack -#9' test.
+# they silently stop being copied. Driven by the in-process 'httrack -#test=copyopt' test.
 # Keep POSIX-portable (harness runs it via $(BASH), a plain /bin/sh on macOS).
 
 set -eu
 
-# A trailing token is required; a bare '-#9' falls through to the usage screen.
-out=$(httrack -#9 run)
+# 'run' is an ignored placeholder argument.
+out=$(httrack -#test=copyopt run)
 
-# Exact-match the success line so a fall-through to usage can't pass the test.
+# Exact-match the success line so a renamed/removed test (it prints the registry
+# to stderr) can't pass.
 test "$out" = "copy-htsopt: OK" || {
     echo "expected 'copy-htsopt: OK', got: $out" >&2
     exit 1

tests/01_engine-dns.test

@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # DNS resolver/cache self-test: a mock getaddrinfo (no network) checks address
 # family, single-address selection, the -@i4/-@i6 family filter, and cache reuse.
-# The trailing token is required, like the other -# selftests, so a bare command
-# line isn't treated as "no arguments" and routed to the usage screen.
-out=$(httrack -#D run)
+# 'run' is an ignored placeholder argument.
+out=$(httrack -#test=dns run)
 
 test "$out" = "dns-selftest: OK" || {
     echo "expected 'dns-selftest: OK', got: $out" >&2

tests/01_engine-entities.test

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # HTML entity unescaping (hts_unescapeEntitiesWithCharset).
-# -#6 <string> prints the string with entities decoded (UTF-8 output).
+# -#test=entities <string> prints the string with entities decoded (UTF-8 output).
 ent() {
-    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#6 "$1")" == "$2" || exit 1
+    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=entities "$1")" == "$2" || exit 1
 }
 # crash probe: malformed input must exit cleanly, not abort.
 runs() {
-    httrack -O /dev/null -#6 "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
+    httrack -O /dev/null -#test=entities "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
 }
 
 # named entities

tests/01_engine-filter.test

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # wildcard filter engine (strjoker), the core of +/- include/exclude rules.
-# -#0 <filter> <string> prints "<string> does match <filter>" or "... does NOT match ...".
+# -#test=filter <filter> <string> prints "<string> does match <filter>" or "... does NOT match ...".
 
 match() {
-    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#0 "$1" "$2")" == "$2 does match $1" || exit 1
+    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=filter "$1" "$2")" == "$2 does match $1" || exit 1
 }
 nomatch() {
-    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#0 "$1" "$2")" == "$2 does NOT match $1" || exit 1
+    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=filter "$1" "$2")" == "$2 does NOT match $1" || exit 1
 }
 
 # bare star matches everything

tests/01_engine-hashtable.test

@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# httrack internal hashtable autotest on 100K keys
-httrack -#7 100000
+# httrack internal hashtable autotest on 100K keys. Assert the success line (on
+# stderr) so a misrouted registry entry can't pass on exit code alone.
+out=$(httrack -#test=hashtable 100000 2>&1)
+printf '%s\n' "$out" | grep -q "all hashtable tests were successful!" || exit 1

tests/01_engine-idna.test

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# IDNA / punycode encode (-#4) and decode (-#5). This code has a CVE history,
+# IDNA / punycode encode (-#test=idna-encode) and decode (-#test=idna-decode). This code has a CVE history,
 # so the edge cases below cover passthrough, round-trips, and malformed input.
 
-enc() { test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#4 "$1")" == "$2" || exit 1; }
-dec() { test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#5 "$1")" == "$2" || exit 1; }
+enc() { test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=idna-encode "$1")" == "$2" || exit 1; }
+dec() { test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=idna-decode "$1")" == "$2" || exit 1; }
 # crash probe: malformed ACE input must exit cleanly, not abort.
-runs() { httrack -O /dev/null -#5 "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; }
+runs() { httrack -O /dev/null -#test=idna-decode "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; }
 
 # encode
 enc 'www.café.com' 'www.xn--caf-dma.com'

tests/01_engine-mime.test

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # MIME type guessing from extension (get_httptype / give_mimext).
-# -#2 <path> prints "<path> is '<mime>'" then "and its local type is '.<ext>'".
+# -#test=mime <path> prints "<path> is '<mime>'" then "and its local type is '.<ext>'".
 
 mime() {
-    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#2 "$1" | head -1)" == "$1 is '$2'" || exit 1
+    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=mime "$1" | head -1)" == "$1 is '$2'" || exit 1
 }
 unknown() {
-    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#2 "$1" | head -1)" == "$1 is of an unknown MIME type" || exit 1
+    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=mime "$1" | head -1)" == "$1 is of an unknown MIME type" || exit 1
 }
 
 mime '/a/b.html' 'text/html'

tests/01_engine-relative.test

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # relative path from <curr>'s directory to <link>
 rel() {
     local got
-    got=$(httrack -O /dev/null -#l "$1" "$2")
+    got=$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=relative "$1" "$2")
     test "$got" == "relative=$3" ||
         {
             echo "FAIL rel($1, $2): got '$got' want 'relative=$3'"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rel() {
 # resolve <link> against origin <adr>/<fil> -> adr=.. fil=..
 ident() {
     local got
-    got=$(httrack -O /dev/null -#i "$1" "$2" "$3")
+    got=$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=resolve "$1" "$2" "$3")
     test "$got" == "$4" ||
         {
             echo "FAIL ident($1, $2, $3): got '$got' want '$4'"

tests/01_engine-savename.test

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# Local save-name extension resolution (url_savename via -#N <fil> <content-type>).
+# Local save-name extension resolution (url_savename via -#test=savename <fil> <content-type>).
 # Asserts on the basename of "savename: <path>".
 
 name() {
-    out="$(httrack -O /dev/null -#N "$1" "$2" | sed -n 's/^savename: //p')"
+    out="$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=savename "$1" "$2" | sed -n 's/^savename: //p')"
     test "${out##*/}" == "$3" || {
         echo "FAIL: '$1' '$2' -> '$out' (want '$3')"
         exit 1

tests/01_engine-selftest-dispatch.test

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# The -#test dispatch itself: a bare -#test lists the registry, and an unknown
+# name errors (non-zero, diagnostic) instead of silently passing.
+
+set -eu
+
+# Bare -#test lists known tests (printed to stderr).
+list=$(httrack -#test 2>&1)
+printf '%s\n' "$list" | grep -q "filter" || exit 1
+printf '%s\n' "$list" | grep -q "cache-writefail" || exit 1
+
+# Unknown name: non-zero exit + diagnostic, and no test result line.
+rc=0
+err=$(httrack -#test=bogus 2>&1) || rc=$?
+test "$rc" -ne 0 || exit 1
+printf '%s\n' "$err" | grep -q "Unknown self-test" || exit 1

tests/01_engine-simplify.test

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # path simplify engine (fil_simplifie): collapses ./ and ../ segments.
 simp() {
-    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#1 "$1")" == "simplified=$2" || exit 1
+    test "$(httrack -O /dev/null -#test=simplify "$1")" == "simplified=$2" || exit 1
 }
 
 simp './foo/bar/' 'foo/bar/'

tests/01_engine-strsafe.test

@@ -3,23 +3,22 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# htssafe.h bounded string operations (driven by 'httrack -#8').
+# htssafe.h bounded string operations (driven by 'httrack -#test=strsafe').
 
 # Success path: every bounded op (strcpybuff/strcatbuff/strncatbuff/strlcpybuff)
-# must behave correctly. Like the other -# debug modes, a trailing token is
-# required (a bare '-#8' falls through to the usage screen).
+# must behave correctly. 'run' selects the success path (vs the overflow modes).
 rc=0
-out=$(httrack -#8 run) || rc=$?
+out=$(httrack -#test=strsafe run) || rc=$?
 test "$rc" -eq 0 || exit 1
 test "$out" == "strsafe: OK" || exit 1
 
 # Overflow path: an over-capacity write into a sized buffer must be caught by
 # the bounded macro and abort the process, not be silently truncated/completed.
 # Assert the htssafe abort signature specifically, so the test cannot pass for
-# an unrelated reason (e.g. the -#8 mode being gone and falling through to the
-# usage screen, which also exits non-zero).
+# an unrelated reason (e.g. the strsafe test being gone, which prints the
+# registry to stderr and also exits non-zero).
 # the bounded macro aborts (non-zero exit), so don't let set -e trip on it
-err=$(httrack -#8 overflow "this string is far too long for the buffer" 2>&1) || true
+err=$(httrack -#test=strsafe overflow "this string is far too long for the buffer" 2>&1) || true
 case "$err" in
 *"strsafe: NOT aborted"*)
     echo "over-capacity write was NOT caught" >&2
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ esac
 # capacity (4 bytes into a 4-byte buffer), so this also pins the boundary: a
 # '<=' off-by-one in the capacity check would let it through (and print "NOT
 # aborted"). Match the specific htsbuff abort message, not just any assert.
-err=$(httrack -#8 overflow-buff "abcd" 2>&1) || true
+err=$(httrack -#test=strsafe overflow-buff "abcd" 2>&1) || true
 case "$err" in
 *"strsafe: NOT aborted"*)
     echo "htsbuff over-capacity write was NOT caught" >&2

tests/Makefile.am

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	01_engine-rcfile.test \
 	01_engine-relative.test \
 	01_engine-savename.test \
+	01_engine-selftest-dispatch.test \
 	01_engine-simplify.test \
 	01_engine-strsafe.test \
 	02_manpage-regen.test \