Benoit Sigoure wrote:
> Hello
> My make distcheck fails on Windows because of the following:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> check_PROGRAMS = \
> simple \
> xml-simple \
> parentness \
> destroy \
> rm_all_trans \
> unblock_all \
> bug16 \
> meta_data
> [..._SOURCES and stuff]
> TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS:=.test)
>
> $(TESTS):
> for i in $(TESTS); do \
> $(LN_S) -f $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/test.sh $$i || exit 1; \
> done
>
> EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS:.test=.stdout)
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Automake automagically appends $EXEEXT (=.exe on Win32) to the check_PROGRAMS
> which entails that TESTS = simple.exe.test etc.. instead of simple.test etc..
>
> make dist then looks for simple.exe.stdout (etc) instead of simple.stdout
> (etc).
>
> I tried several things such as
> TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS:$(EXEEXT)=.test)
> (Makefile.am:38: check_PROGRAMS:$(EXEEXT: non-POSIX variable name) although it
> seems to work [with GNU make] (but I doubt the resulting Makefile is portable)
>
> TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS:$EXEEXT=.test)
> TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS:${EXEEXT}=.test)
> (Both generated Makefile contains: TESTS = $(check_PROGRAMS) which is
> obviously
> wrong).
>
> So what's The Right Way of writing this?
>
> Cheers [(c) Ralf],
Given that the "programs" are basically incarnations of a test script
and not binary executables, would it make sense to use check_SCRIPTS
instead of check_PROGRAMS?
