On 09/04/2012 12:58 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > ... >>> I still haven't reviewed your changes, but in using them I did notice >>> a missing dependency: >>> >>> I ran this command to run the single test: >>> >>> $ make tests/rm/v-slash.log >>> PASS: tests/rm/v-slash.log >>> >> The above usage is not actually supported Automake interface (for one thing, >> it won't honour $(check_PROGRAMS), nor $(BUILT_SOURCES)). To run a subset >> of tests, you should do this: > > Thanks for the explanation, but running the commands you suggest generates > over 200 hundreds of lines of output, > Even this command?
$ make check TESTS="tests/rm/v-slash" RECHECK_LOGS= That would be a bug :-( > all but one or two of which are > irrelevant to me. Running the technically-unsupported command produces > precisely the one or two lines that I wanted to see. Which do you think > I will be using most of the time? ;-) > >>> From 45bf1ab13682f8842b2b9ed81bb9069f6e5b01b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >>> From: Jim Meyering <meyer...@redhat.com> >>> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 12:12:19 +0200 >>> Subject: [PATCH] tests: depend on the programs we're testing >>> >>> * tests/local.mk ($(TEST_LOGS)): Depend on $(PROGRAMS), >>> >> Beware that $(PROGRAMS) is not a documented Automake interface either. > > If it changes, I'm sure I'll adapt ;-) > Perfect, I just want to raise awareness to avoid unpleasant surprises later :-) > Unless you can propose an alternative or choose to document it. > Regards, Stefano
