diff -Naur dogtail-orig/dogtail/utils.py dogtail/dogtail/utils.py
--- dogtail-orig/dogtail/utils.py	2006-07-29 14:32:02.000000000 +0200
+++ dogtail/dogtail/utils.py	2006-07-29 14:26:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
 """
 
+import unittest
 import os
 import re
 from config import config
@@ -152,3 +153,12 @@
             return False
 
         return True
+
+def run_tests():
+    import sys
+    test_runner = None
+    if '--xml' in sys.argv:
+        import xmlrunner
+        del(sys.argv[sys.argv.index('--xml')])
+        test_runner = xmlrunner.XmlTestRunner()
+    unittest.main(testRunner = test_runner)
diff -Naur dogtail-orig/dogtail/xmlrunner.py dogtail/dogtail/xmlrunner.py
--- dogtail-orig/dogtail/xmlrunner.py	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ dogtail/dogtail/xmlrunner.py	2006-07-29 14:27:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,344 @@
+"""
+XML Test Runner for PyUnit
+"""
+
+# Written by Sebastian Rittau <srittau@jroger.in-berlin.de> and placed in
+# the Public Domain.
+#
+# Modified by Frederic Peters <fpeters@0d.be> to work with Python 2.3
+
+__revision__ = "$Id: /mirror/jroger/python/stdlib/xmlrunner.py 3506 2006-07-27T09:12:39.629878Z srittau  $"
+
+import os.path
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+import unittest
+from StringIO import StringIO
+from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
+
+from StringIO import StringIO
+
+
+class _TestInfo(object):
+    """Information about a particular test.
+    
+    Used by _XmlTestResult."""
+    def __init__(self, test, time):
+        parts = test.id().split('.')
+        (self._class, self._method) = ('.'.join(parts[:-1]), parts[-1])
+        self._time = time
+        self._error = None
+        self._failure = None
+
+    def create_success(test, time):
+        """Create a _TestInfo instance for a successful test."""
+        return _TestInfo(test, time)
+    create_success = staticmethod(create_success)
+
+    def create_failure(test, time, failure):
+        """Create a _TestInfo instance for a failed test."""
+        info = _TestInfo(test, time)
+        info._failure = failure
+        return info
+    create_failure = staticmethod(create_failure)
+
+    def create_error(test, time, error):
+        """Create a _TestInfo instance for an erroneous test."""
+        info = _TestInfo(test, time)
+        info._error = error
+        return info
+    create_error = staticmethod(create_error)
+
+    def print_report(self, stream):
+        """Print information about this test case in XML format to the
+        supplied stream.
+        """
+        stream.write('  <testcase classname="%(class)s" name="%(method)s" time="%(time).4f">' % \
+            {
+                "class": self._class,
+                "method": self._method,
+                "time": self._time,
+            })
+        if self._failure != None:
+            self._print_error(stream, 'failure', self._failure)
+        if self._error != None:
+            self._print_error(stream, 'error', self._error)
+        stream.write('</testcase>\n')
+
+    def _print_error(self, stream, tagname, error):
+        """Print information from a failure or error to the supplied stream."""
+        text = escape(str(error[1]))
+        stream.write('\n')
+        stream.write('    <%s type="%s">%s\n' \
+            % (tagname, str(error[0]), text))
+        tb_stream = StringIO()
+        traceback.print_tb(error[2], None, tb_stream)
+        stream.write(escape(tb_stream.getvalue()))
+        stream.write('    </%s>\n' % tagname)
+        stream.write('  ')
+
+
+class _XmlTestResult(unittest.TestResult):
+    """A test result class that stores result as XML.
+
+    Used by XmlTestRunner.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, classname):
+        unittest.TestResult.__init__(self)
+        self._test_name = classname
+        self._start_time = None
+        self._tests = []
+        self._error = None
+        self._failure = None
+
+    def startTest(self, test):
+        unittest.TestResult.startTest(self, test)
+        self._error = None
+        self._failure = None
+        self._start_time = time.time()
+
+    def stopTest(self, test):
+        time_taken = time.time() - self._start_time
+        unittest.TestResult.stopTest(self, test)
+        if self._error:
+            info = _TestInfo.create_error(test, time_taken, self._error)
+        elif self._failure:
+            info = _TestInfo.create_failure(test, time_taken, self._failure)
+        else:
+            info = _TestInfo.create_success(test, time_taken)
+        self._tests.append(info)
+
+    def addError(self, test, err):
+        unittest.TestResult.addError(self, test, err)
+        self._error = err
+
+    def addFailure(self, test, err):
+        unittest.TestResult.addFailure(self, test, err)
+        self._failure = err
+
+    def print_report(self, stream, time_taken, out, err):
+        """Prints the XML report to the supplied stream.
+        
+        The time the tests took to perform as well as the captured standard
+        output and standard error streams must be passed in.
+        """
+        stream.write('<testsuite errors="%(e)d" failures="%(f)d" ' % \
+            { "e": len(self.errors), "f": len(self.failures) })
+        stream.write('name="%(n)s" tests="%(t)d" time="%(time).3f">\n' % \
+            {
+                "n": self._test_name,
+                "t": self.testsRun,
+                "time": time_taken,
+            })
+        for info in self._tests:
+            info.print_report(stream)
+        stream.write('  <system-out><![CDATA[%s]]></system-out>\n' % out)
+        stream.write('  <system-err><![CDATA[%s]]></system-err>\n' % err)
+        stream.write('</testsuite>\n')
+
+
+class XmlTestRunner(object):
+    """A test runner that stores results in XML format compatible with JUnit.
+
+    XmlTestRunner(stream=None) -> XML test runner
+
+    The XML file is written to the supplied stream. If stream is None, the
+    results are stored in a file called TEST-<module>.<class>.xml in the
+    current working directory (if not overridden with the path property),
+    where <module> and <class> are the module and class name of the test class.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, stream=None):
+        self._stream = stream
+        self._path = "."
+
+    def run(self, test):
+        """Run the given test case or test suite."""
+        class_ = test.__class__
+        classname = class_.__module__ + "." + class_.__name__
+        if self._stream == None:
+            filename = "TEST-%s.xml" % classname
+            stream = file(os.path.join(self._path, filename), "w")
+            stream.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n')
+        else:
+            stream = self._stream
+
+        result = _XmlTestResult(classname)
+        start_time = time.time()
+
+        # TODO: Python 2.5: Use the with statement
+        old_stdout = sys.stdout
+        old_stderr = sys.stderr
+        sys.stdout = StringIO()
+        sys.stderr = StringIO()
+
+        try:
+            test(result)
+            try:
+                out_s = sys.stdout.getvalue()
+            except AttributeError:
+                out_s = ""
+            try:
+                err_s = sys.stderr.getvalue()
+            except AttributeError:
+                err_s = ""
+        finally:
+            sys.stdout = old_stdout
+            sys.stderr = old_stderr
+
+        time_taken = time.time() - start_time
+        result.print_report(stream, time_taken, out_s, err_s)
+        if self._stream == None:
+            stream.close()
+
+        return result
+
+    def _set_path(self, path):
+        self._path = path
+
+    path = property(lambda self: self._path, _set_path, None,
+            """The path where the XML files are stored.
+            
+            This property is ignored when the XML file is written to a file
+            stream.""")
+
+
+class XmlTestRunnerTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._stream = StringIO()
+
+    def _try_test_run(self, test_class, expected):
+        """Run the test suite against the supplied test class and compare the
+        XML result against the expected XML string. Fail if the expected
+        string doesn't match the actual string. All time attribute in the
+        expected string should have the value "0.000". All error and failure
+        messages are reduced to "Foobar".
+        """
+        runner = XmlTestRunner(self._stream)
+        runner.run(unittest.makeSuite(test_class))
+
+        got = self._stream.getvalue()
+        # Replace all time="X.YYY" attributes by time="0.000" to enable a
+        # simple string comparison.
+        got = re.sub(r'time="\d+\.\d+"', 'time="0.000"', got)
+        # Likewise, replace all failure and error messages by a simple "Foobar"
+        # string.
+        got = re.sub(r'(?s)<failure (.*?)>.*?</failure>', r'<failure \1>Foobar</failure>', got)
+        got = re.sub(r'(?s)<error (.*?)>.*?</error>', r'<error \1>Foobar</error>', got)
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, got)
+
+    def test_no_tests(self):
+        """Regression test: Check whether a test run without any tests
+        matches a previous run."""
+        class TestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            pass
+        self._try_test_run(TestTest, """<testsuite errors="0" failures="0" name="unittest.TestSuite" tests="0" time="0.000">
+  <system-out><![CDATA[]]></system-out>
+  <system-err><![CDATA[]]></system-err>
+</testsuite>
+""")
+
+    def test_success(self):
+        """Regression test: Check whether a test run with a successful test
+        matches a previous run."""
+        class TestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_foo(self):
+                pass
+        self._try_test_run(TestTest, """<testsuite errors="0" failures="0" name="unittest.TestSuite" tests="1" time="0.000">
+  <testcase classname="__main__.TestTest" name="test_foo" time="0.000"></testcase>
+  <system-out><![CDATA[]]></system-out>
+  <system-err><![CDATA[]]></system-err>
+</testsuite>
+""")
+
+    def test_failure(self):
+        """Regression test: Check whether a test run with a failing test
+        matches a previous run."""
+        class TestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_foo(self):
+                self.assert_(False)
+        self._try_test_run(TestTest, """<testsuite errors="0" failures="1" name="unittest.TestSuite" tests="1" time="0.000">
+  <testcase classname="__main__.TestTest" name="test_foo" time="0.000">
+    <failure type="exceptions.AssertionError">Foobar</failure>
+  </testcase>
+  <system-out><![CDATA[]]></system-out>
+  <system-err><![CDATA[]]></system-err>
+</testsuite>
+""")
+
+    def test_error(self):
+        """Regression test: Check whether a test run with a erroneous test
+        matches a previous run."""
+        class TestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_foo(self):
+                raise IndexError()
+        self._try_test_run(TestTest, """<testsuite errors="1" failures="0" name="unittest.TestSuite" tests="1" time="0.000">
+  <testcase classname="__main__.TestTest" name="test_foo" time="0.000">
+    <error type="exceptions.IndexError">Foobar</error>
+  </testcase>
+  <system-out><![CDATA[]]></system-out>
+  <system-err><![CDATA[]]></system-err>
+</testsuite>
+""")
+
+    def test_stdout_capture(self):
+        """Regression test: Check whether a test run with output to stdout
+        matches a previous run."""
+        class TestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_foo(self):
+                print "Test"
+        self._try_test_run(TestTest, """<testsuite errors="0" failures="0" name="unittest.TestSuite" tests="1" time="0.000">
+  <testcase classname="__main__.TestTest" name="test_foo" time="0.000"></testcase>
+  <system-out><![CDATA[Test
+]]></system-out>
+  <system-err><![CDATA[]]></system-err>
+</testsuite>
+""")
+
+    def test_stderr_capture(self):
+        """Regression test: Check whether a test run with output to stderr
+        matches a previous run."""
+        class TestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_foo(self):
+                print >>sys.stderr, "Test"
+        self._try_test_run(TestTest, """<testsuite errors="0" failures="0" name="unittest.TestSuite" tests="1" time="0.000">
+  <testcase classname="__main__.TestTest" name="test_foo" time="0.000"></testcase>
+  <system-out><![CDATA[]]></system-out>
+  <system-err><![CDATA[Test
+]]></system-err>
+</testsuite>
+""")
+
+    class NullStream(object):
+        """A file-like object that discards everything written to it."""
+        def write(self, buffer):
+            pass
+
+    def test_unittests_changing_stdout(self):
+        """Check whether the XmlTestRunner recovers gracefully from unit tests
+        that change stdout, but don't change it back properly.
+        """
+        class TestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_foo(self):
+                sys.stdout = XmlTestRunnerTest.NullStream()
+
+        runner = XmlTestRunner(self._stream)
+        runner.run(unittest.makeSuite(TestTest))
+
+    def test_unittests_changing_stderr(self):
+        """Check whether the XmlTestRunner recovers gracefully from unit tests
+        that change stderr, but don't change it back properly.
+        """
+        class TestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_foo(self):
+                sys.stderr = XmlTestRunnerTest.NullStream()
+
+        runner = XmlTestRunner(self._stream)
+        runner.run(unittest.makeSuite(TestTest))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    suite = unittest.makeSuite(XmlTestRunnerTest)
+    unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)
