Re: dynamic autotest testsuite options

[Derek Robert Price]

Grzegorz Jakacki wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Derek Robert Price wrote:
>  
>
> > I'm trying to convert the CVS test suite to use autotest rather than its
> > current homeroll and I was hoping to carry over some of the options that
> > the homeroll accepts into the new testsuite.
> >
> > Is there some way other than converting them into VAR=XXX type options
> > to have testsuite accept them?  Something like AT_ARG // to but more
> > general than AC_ARG_WITH & AC_ARG_ENABLE?
> >    
>
> I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I found it useful
> to configure a testsuite as a subpackage:
>
>  foo/
>   +-configure.ac   <-- contains AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([testsuite])
>   +-src/
>   +-...
>   +-testsuite/
>      +-configure.ac  <-- contains AC_ARG_ENABLE for testsuite options
>      +-testsuite.at
>      +-...
>
> and put the configuration of the testsuite into AC_ARG_WITH/AC_ARG_ENABLE
> in testsuite/configure.ac. The testsuite configuration options can be
> passed to the top-level configure (as they are passed down) or the
> testsuite can be reconfigured (e.g. to run the executable with specific
> run-time options) after the executable is compiled.
>  

I was afraid I'd get an answer like that.  I was hoping for something 
closer to run time options.  I really don't want to force my users to 
reconfigure to run the testsuite with different options.  Especially as 
our tests suite is designed so that it can be run outside the source tree.

Would others consider such a feature to be generally useful?

Derek

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