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2013-01-20 Thien-Thi Nguyen t...@gnuvola.org (tiny change)
Don't get fooled when running make check inside Emacs.
Some versions of Emacs set the env var 'EMACS' to 't'
for child processes. Thus, when running from inside Emacs,
Especially for packages which run make check in several subdirectories
(e.g., texinfo), Nelson Beebe made the suggestion that it would be
helpful if there was an overall textual report of success or failure,
and not just the exit status. Something like ALL TESTS PASSED
vs. FAILED TESTS. Leaving