Re: Several pass for a simple test in make check

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 11/20/2012 03:58 PM, Alexis Praga wrote:
>> You might write a script that generates both the tests and their
>> list, and have this list included in the Makefile.am.  Automake's
>> own build system do something similar in its bootstrap.sh script:
>>
> 
> With this solution, the user cannot chose at runtime a certain number of
> tests he wants to run.
>
Why not?  I do that in Automake all the time:

    $ make check TESTS="..."

> The only way to do that would be to generate again the list of test files
> and recreate a Makefile.
>
No, overriding TESTS at runtime is enough (and it is a very important and
prominently documented feature).

HTH,
  Stefano