Re: $(EXEEXT) in TESTS required?

[Simon Josefsson]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:

>  SJ> How about simply:
>
>  SJ> tests_PROGRAMS += test-gc
> [...]
>  SJ> Or something, I'm not really sure.  I have always found this
>  SJ> redundancy a bit disturbing though.
>
> I don't think a new syntax is necessary since you can do
>
>   TESTS = $(testprograms) other scripts
>   check_PROGRAMS = $(testprograms) other programs
>
> and then
>
>   testprograms += test-gc$(EXEEXT)
>   testprograms += test-whatever$(EXEEXT)
>   ...
>
> (And with the patch below you won't need $(EXEEXT).)

Right, that is sufficiently simple for me.

I wonder what the best idiom for gnulib should be.  We probably do not
want to require automake CVS just yet.  Should it be the one I'm using:

TESTS += test-gc$(EXEEXT)
check_PROGRAMS += test-gc

or should we do

selftests = test-gc$(EXEEXT)
TESTS += $(selftests)
check_PROGRAMS += $(selftests)

Opinions?

I haven't tested that the latter works, but based on what you write, I
assume it does.

Once we require the next automake release, the $(EXEEXT) could be
removed.

>       Append $(EXEEXT) to programs that may be listed in TESTS.
>       Report from Simon Josefsson.

Is this on the CVS trunk?  Is there any other automake branch one
should pay attention to, in general?

Thanks!