Splitting "make check" into separate build and run targets

[Björn Stenberg]

Hi.

I'm working on making package tests run on embedded targets, for which the code 
is cross-compiled and where there are no compilers installed.

For this to work, I need to split "make check" into two targets, so I can build 
the tests on host and run them on the embedded target.

This is my current patch, for serial test only. Is this a sensible approach?

--- a/lib/am/check.am     2012-11-14 13:46:16.335475995 +0100
+++ b/lib/am/check.am     2012-08-13 18:40:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 am__tty_colors = $(am__tty_colors_dummy)
 endif !%?COLOR%
 
-.PHONY: check-TESTS
+.PHONY: check-TESTS buildtest-TESTS runtest-TESTS
 
 if %?PARALLEL_TESTS%
 
@@ -465,7 +465,14 @@
 
 else !%?PARALLEL_TESTS%
 
-check-TESTS: $(TESTS)
+AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS += buildtest runtest
+
+buildtest-TESTS: $(TESTS)
+
+check-TESTS: buildtest-TESTS
+             $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) runtest-TESTS
+
+runtest-TESTS:
        @failed=0; all=0; xfail=0; xpass=0; skip=0; \
        srcdir=$(srcdir); export srcdir; \
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-- 
Björn