Re: Stupid question about running tests

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Hi Bob!

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> Is there something on the command line I can pass in order to put the 
> shell in debug mode while running the tests without hacking on the files 
> themselves?

If you mean a shell trace, then not that I'm aware of.

The best way to do it is probably to put test -n "$DEBUG" && set -x in 
tests/defs.in, and then call the tests with:

   DEBUG=1 make check TESTS=blah.test

Seems like something that would be useful to commit too...

Cheers,
        Gary.
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