Re: howto make "make check" verbose in 2.69

[Rainer Gerhards]

On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 07/04/2014 02:01 AM, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I use autoconf's "make check" feature in rsyslog. The tests provide
> verbose
> > output, which I used to track down problems if the test fails.
> > Unfortunately, in 2.69 I do no longer see this output, just a simple
> > "[FAIL]" or "[OK]" message for the test -- like in a silent build. I've
> now
> > searched how to get the verboseness back, but I couldn't find a solution.
>
> Actually, that's a symptom of automake, not autoconf.  You may get
> better answers on that list.
>
> >
> > Can anyone lend me a helping hand?
>
> Reading the automake docs:
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Scripts_002dbased-Testsuites
> one possibility is to manually tell automake that you want the older
> serial testsuite harness instead of its newer default parallel harness.
>
>
excellent, thanks a lot. "Parallel" is even worse here, as the tests cannot
be run in parallel. All works well with the serial-tests option. For
follow-up questions (if any), I'll ponder the automake list.

Thanks again,
Rainer