Re: DejaGnu test directory layout

[Reuben Thomas]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> 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?

I'm not proposing a fix, I'm asking what the correct situation should be. At 
least two of a) automake, b) the automake manual and c) the DejaGnu example 
need changing. But currently I don't know which two. I guess you're 
suggesting a) and c).

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