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doc: improve the workflow to test release binaries
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* Run the test suite against the built binaries (optional)
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```console
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./tools/test.py --shell ~/Downloads/node-v18.5.0-linux-x64/bin/node
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# some tests are relying on the filesystem and the binary name
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cp ~/Downloads/node-v18.5.0-linux-x64/bin/node ./out/Release/node
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./tools/test.py --shell ./out/Release/node-tmp
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```
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<sup>There may be test issues if the branch used to test does not match the Node.js binary.</sup>
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<sup>There may be test issues if the branch used to test does not match the
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Node.js binary. This usually happen on `test-addon-*` and
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`test-process-config` tests</sup>
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### 11. Tag and sign the release commit
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