Using autotest with Emacs’ compilation mode

[Nikolai Weibull]

Hi!

A question to all you users of Autoconf and Emacs: How are you using
autotest with Emacs’ compilation mode?

The output of an autotest testsuite isn’t really suited for Emacs’
compilation mode, as the paths to tests are, at least when using a
separate build directory, not correct.

Also, how do you check the logs of failed tests effectively when a test fails?

I would like to handle all of this via compilation mode, but it seems
that one really needs to set up one’s own set of commands for doing
this instead, as autotest’s output doesn’t seem friendly to
compilation mode.