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bug#27186: check-TESTS has dependency on check_PROGRAMS etc
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Mathieu Lirzin |
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bug#27186: check-TESTS has dependency on check_PROGRAMS etc |
Date: |
Sun, 16 Jul 2017 00:57:36 +0200 |
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Hello,
Nick Brown <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 00:45 +0200, Mathieu Lirzin wrote:
>>
>> Nick Brown <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > Something like:
>> > ./autogen.sh
>> > ./configure
>> > make check-TESTS
>> > will fail, unless 'make check' is run before 'make check-TESTS'
>> > for
>> > Makefile.am snippet like:
>> >
>> > check_PROGRAMS = foo
>> > check_SCRIPTS = run_foo_wrapper.sh
>> > TESTS = $(check_SCRIPTS)
>> > ---
>> > lib/am/check.am | 3 ++-
>> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/lib/am/check.am b/lib/am/check.am
>> > index 7bcffd53faa8..15cfc7c64598 100644
>> > --- a/lib/am/check.am
>> > +++ b/lib/am/check.am
>> > @@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ RECHECK_LOGS = $(TEST_LOGS)
>> > ## Running all tests, or rechecking failures. ##
>> > ## ------------------------------------------ ##
>> >
>> > -check-TESTS:
>> > +## Running tests depend on $(check_SCRIPTS), $(check_PROGRAMS),
>> > etc.
>> > +check-TESTS: %CHECK_DEPS%
>> > @list='$(RECHECK_LOGS)'; test -z "$$list" || rm
>> > -f $$list
>> > @list='$(RECHECK_LOGS:.log=.trs)'; test -z "$$list" || rm
>> > -f $$list
>> > ## We always have to remove $(TEST_SUITE_LOG), to ensure its rule
>> > is run
>> > --
>>
>> I must confess I have never used the 'check-TESTS' target myself. In
>> fact Automake current manual doesn't even mention it. So it is not
>> clear to me how it is expected to work, and what its role compare to
>> the
>> 'check' and 'recheck' target. Since you seems to use it, maybe you
>> can
>> give me more background on that target?
>
> As far as I've been able to determine it's purpose is to actually
> execute the the test scripts, and is used by the 'check' target for
> this.
> I don't use it myself directly, but bumped into this issue when using
> the the AX_VALGRIND automake macro that uses this target:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_valgrind_check.html
>
while I think nobody should rely on 'check-TESTS' target which is an
implementation detail. I think it is fine to make it depends on
check_PROGRAMS and check_SCRIPTS.
This is fixes by commit 8555e7b81d0d68e1e8105d072d69b94788953e15.
Thank you.
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Mathieu Lirzin
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