> > I rather have a patch to libarchive's build system that sets '-v' > option for all test programs. >
I'll read the code and see if I can come up with something. > Also, next time, please don't include unrelated changes in your > patches (I'm referring to the use of '-'). > '-' ignores the exit status, that was deliberately put there - I thought that the dh_auto_test returns an exit code 2, e.g. the mipsel build: https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libarchive&arch=mipsel&ver=3.0.3-6&stamp=1330969393 *===================================== make[4]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1 1 of 3 tests failed Please report to kient...@freebsd.org ===================================== make[4]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd-libarchive_3.0.3-6-mipsel-znTD6e/libarchive-3.0.3' make[3]: *** [check-am] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd-libarchive_3.0.3-6-mipsel-znTD6e/libarchive-3.0.3' make[2]: *** [check] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd-libarchive_3.0.3-6-mipsel-znTD6e/libarchive-3.0.3' dh_auto_test: make -j2 check returned exit code 2 make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_test] Error 29 make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd-libarchive_3.0.3-6-mipsel-znTD6e/libarchive-3.0.3' make: *** [build] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2* If the tests fail, it won't execute the commands that follow after dh_auto_test. Another example: *$ cat Makefile test: exit 2 echo "hello world" $ make -f Makefile test exit 2 make: *** [test] Error 2*
