Re: DejaGnu test directory layout

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Reuben,

* Reuben Thomas wrote on Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 06:44:31PM CEST:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Reuben Thomas wrote:
>
>> From the DejaGnu manual:
>>
>> "DejaGnu require the directory be named `testsuite'."
>>
>> Automake by default makes dejagnu look for the config and ${TOOL}.test  
>> directories in the current subdirectory, which implies that automake 
>> expects to use dejagnu via "SUBDIRS = testsuite" with "AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS 
>> = dejagnu" in testsuite/Makefile.am.
>>
>> This could usefully be clarified.
>
> I meant to add that the "calc" example in DejaGnu conflicts with what 
> I've deduced above: it uses a testsuite subdirectory, but instead puts 
> the DejaGnu settings in the top level directory's Makefile.am, and sets
> RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS. It does not descend into testsuite as a SUBDIR.

Not sure what the result of both your messages combined is.  Care to
formulate it as a patch against the manual?

Thanks,
Ralf