Re: Bug#419228: unnecessary linkage when libtool convenience libraries (noinst_LTLIBRARIES) are used

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Kurt Roeckx wrote on Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 10:08:44PM CEST:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 07:31:38PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > 
> >   make check-local TESTSUITEFLAGS="-v -d -x -k indirect \
> >        LIBTOOL=/path/to/the/1.5.x/libtool"
> 
> This is a great trick, thanks!

Let's document a useful variant of it then.  Is this wording OK?

Cheers,
Ralf

        * README, README.alpha: Document how to test an arbitrary
        installed libtool script.

Index: README
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/README,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -r1.28 README
--- README      25 Mar 2007 12:12:42 -0000      1.28
+++ README      24 Apr 2007 21:01:24 -0000
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@
 
 For verbose output, add the flag `-v', for running only a subset of the
 independent tests, merely specify them by number or by keyword, both of
-which are displayed with the `--list' flag.
+which are displayed with the `--list' flag.  For example, the `libtool'
+keyword is used for the tests that exercise only this script.  So it is
+possible to test an installed script, possibly from a different Libtool
+release, with
+  gmake check-local TESTSUITEFLAGS="-k libtool LIBTOOL=/path/to/libtool"
 
 If you wish to report test failures to the libtool list, you need to
 send the file `tests/testsuite.log' to the bug report mailing list,
Index: README.alpha
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/README.alpha,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 README.alpha
--- README.alpha        25 Mar 2007 12:12:42 -0000      1.12
+++ README.alpha        24 Apr 2007 21:01:24 -0000
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@
 
 For verbose output, add the flag `-v', for running only a subset of the
 independent tests, merely specify them by number or by keyword, both of
-which are displayed with the `--list' flag.
+which are displayed with the `--list' flag.  For example, the `libtool'
+keyword is used for the tests that exercise only this script.  So it is
+possible to test an installed script, possibly from a different Libtool
+release, with
+  gmake check-local TESTSUITEFLAGS="-k libtool LIBTOOL=/path/to/libtool"
 
 If you wish to report test failures to the libtool list, you need to
 send the file `tests/testsuite.log' to the bug report mailing list,