* README-hacking: Add testing note.

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@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ To only fetch auxiliary files from the network, run './bootstrap --pull'.
 To only generate files such as 'configure', without accessing the
 network, run './bootstrap --gen'.
 
+* Testing
+
+GNU Tar uses Autoconf's Autotest framework for testing; see the tests/
+subdirectory, where the file testsuite.at contains the top level.
+Run './testsuite --help' to see how to run individual tests.
+
 \f
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