Greg Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But what about the slightly buggy "check-root" target? Any thoughts on that?

Sure.  I fixed it like this:

2006-10-24  Jim Meyering  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

        Don't let a failure in one test stop "make -k" from running the others.
        * tests/Makefile.am (t1 t2 t3 t4 t5): New targets.
        (check-root): Depend on them, rather than executing the five
        commands in a single rule.  Reported by Greg Schafer.

diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 376a2f0..b13294b 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
   umask-check very-expensive

 ## N O T E :: Please do not add new tests/ directories.
-## Some people feel that there are too many already.
-## Put new tests in misc/.
+## There are too many already.  Put new tests in misc/.
 SUBDIRS = \
   chgrp chmod chown cp cut dd dircolors du expr factor fmt head \
   install join ln ls ls-2 md5sum misc mkdir mv od pr readlink rm rmdir \
@@ -29,12 +28,18 @@ SUBDIRS = \
   tsort unexpand uniq wc
 ## N O T E :: Please do not add new directories.

-.PHONY: check-root
-check-root:
+.PHONY: check-root t1 t2 t3 t4 t5
+check-root: t1 t2 t3 t4 t5
+
+t1:
        cd chown && $(MAKE) check TESTS=basic
+t2:
        cd cp    && $(MAKE) check TESTS=special-bits
+t3:
        cd rm    && $(MAKE) check TESTS=no-give-up
+t4:
        cd rm    && $(MAKE) check TESTS=fail-2eperm
+t5:
        cd tail-2 && $(MAKE) check TESTS=append-only

 check-recursive: root-hint


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