Re: split check target into check and test targets

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello,

* Steffen Dettmer wrote on Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 11:00:39AM CET:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:17 PM, John Calcote wrote:
> > Alexander's solution is great, though. I'm going to use that one myself.
> 
> For this, you'd need to change all Makefile.ams and it isn't working
> recursively...

Yes.

> What is with having
> 
>   AC_SUBST(TESTS)
> 
> in configure.in and running:
> 
>   $ make check TESTS=
> 
> to skip test execution?

I don't see why you need the AC_SUBST in order to be able to do the
second line.  In fact, it is typically harmful because when not used,
automake mangles the TESTS variable nicely for you, adding $(EXEEXT)
where needed and so on.  You have to do that yourself in configure.

> > Additionally, if I want to build a particular check program (perhaps as I'm
> > working out the compiler errors, but before I'm ready to actually run the
> > tests), I just type "make <check-program-name>" from that directory.
> 
> You just have to remember to add `.exe' on cygwin and MSYS,
> especially within scripts / make rules ($(EXEEXT)),
> otherwise (at least GNU-) make uses a default built-in rule
> to compile and link <check-program-name>, typically with
> different LIBS. The compiler command line looks plausible but
> fails and confuses people :-)

That, too.

Cheers,
Ralf