Re: automake variable prefix 'check_'
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:46 AM Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 1:24 PM DUDZIAK Krzysztof > wrote: > > As one can't find string "distcheck" in GCS > > By GCS do you mean the GNU Coding Standards? > > > it looks like it wasn't GCS > > which constitutes support and usage of `distcheck' target. > > Maybe it is POSIX, or UNIX. > > As far as I know, the distcheck target was invented by automake. It > probably should be added to the GNU Coding Standards, if it's not > there already, but I don't know if anyone is working on that document > anymore. > > > I wonder if recipe to build `distcheck' target > > as compiled by automake gets same form as John Calcote > > describes it in chapter 3 his Practitioner's Guide (2nd ed.). > > I have not read this book. Since it was published ten years ago, > anything it describes may well be out of date. I don't think > distcheck has changed much in that time, but I could be wrong. > > The second edition was published in 2019, so more like a year and a half ago. It's pretty up to date even with 2.70 as I tried to consider changes that had been made in the repository that had yet to be published. John
Re: automake variable prefix 'check_'
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 1:24 PM DUDZIAK Krzysztof wrote: > As one can't find string "distcheck" in GCS By GCS do you mean the GNU Coding Standards? > it looks like it wasn't GCS > which constitutes support and usage of `distcheck' target. > Maybe it is POSIX, or UNIX. As far as I know, the distcheck target was invented by automake. It probably should be added to the GNU Coding Standards, if it's not there already, but I don't know if anyone is working on that document anymore. > I wonder if recipe to build `distcheck' target > as compiled by automake gets same form as John Calcote > describes it in chapter 3 his Practitioner's Guide (2nd ed.). I have not read this book. Since it was published ten years ago, anything it describes may well be out of date. I don't think distcheck has changed much in that time, but I could be wrong. > For one Makefile generated by autotools in one of my last projects > I see building `check' target is included in `distcheck' recipe. > If yes, all products prefixed with `check_' would be built also > when `make distcheck' command is run. Yes, this is intentional. I don't think I understand what your question is. zw
automake variable prefix 'check_'
Hello, As one can't find string "distcheck" in GCS it looks like it wasn't GCS which constitutes support and usage of `distcheck' target. Maybe it is POSIX, or UNIX. I wonder if recipe to build `distcheck' target as compiled by automake gets same form as John Calcote describes it in chapter 3 his Practitioner's Guide (2nd ed.). For one Makefile generated by autotools in one of my last projects I see building `check' target is included in `distcheck' recipe. If yes, all products prefixed with `check_' would be built also when `make distcheck' command is run. Please refer to automake manual ch. 3.3 paragraph 3rd from bottom. Regards k.d.
