Re: parallel-tests: warn about $(srcdir), $(top_srcdir) in TESTS.

[Akim Demaille]

Le 28 mars 09 à 22:17, Ralf Wildenhues a écrit :

> diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
> index d3b72a5..bf41acb 100644
> --- a/doc/automake.texi
> +++ b/doc/automake.texi
> @@ -8504,6 +8508,17 @@ the inference rules generated by  
> @command{automake} can apply.  For
> literal test names, @command{automake} can generate per-target rules
> to avoid this limitation.
>
> +Please note that it is currently not possible to use @code{$ 
> (srcdir)/}
> +or @code{$(top_srcdir)/} in the @code{TESTS} variable.  This  
> technical
> +limitation is necessary to avoid generating test logs in the source  
> tree
> +and has the unfortunate consequence thast it is not possible to  
> specify

s/thast/that/

> +distributed tests that are themselves generated by means of explicit
> +rules, in a way that is portable to all @command{make}  
> implementations
> +(@pxref{Make Target Lookup,,, autoconf, The Autoconf Manual}, the
> +semantics of FreeBSD and OpenBSD @command{make} conflict with this).
> +In case of doubt you may want to require to use GNU @command{make},
> +or work around the issue with inference rules to generate the tests.

:(

Wouldn't life be immensely simpler and saner if the GCS allowed to  
expect GNU Make on any machine?  So much energy wasted :(