Re: Large number of tests when shell has limited argument list space

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Albert,

* Albert Chin wrote on Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 09:45:10PM CET:
> 
> I don't know if this is easy, but check-TESTS could be modified to
> iterate over more than one $(TESTS) variable:
>   check-TESTS: $(TESTS1) $(TESTS2) $(TESTS3) ...
>           @failed=0; all=0; xfail=0; xpass=0; skip=0; ws='[        ]'; \
>           srcdir=$(srcdir); export srcdir; \
>           list=' $(TESTS1) '; \
>           if test -n "$$list"; then \
>             ...
>           fi; \
>           list=' $(TESTS2) '; \
>           if test -n "$$list"; then \
>             ...
>           fi; \
>           list=' $(TESTS3) '; \
>           if test -n "$$list"; then \
>             ...
>           fi; \
>           ...

Doesn't work: the whole rule (until the first non-escaped newline) is
passed to the shell at once, as in:
  sh -c 'failed=0; all=0; ...'

It's this call which will fail.

Cheers,
Ralf