Re: running tests under in a tests/ directory

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Peter Johansson wrote:

> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > It is not necessary to specify top_builddir because that is where the 
> > Makefile is written and the directory where the build is performed. As you 
> > say, specifying $(top_srcdir) may cause harm since it is likely to break 
> > VPATH builds.
> Sorry, I thought we were dealing with a Makefile.am in a subdir, in other 
> words, a Makefile.am for which top_builddir does not equal `.'.

Ahhh, I see.  Apparently some people still do that.  In this case your 
advice is good advice.

Bob
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