Hi Bob! Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Gary V.Vaughan wrote: > That sounds great, but in my case the input files are graphic image > files so they would be rather unwieldy in here documents. Typically a > file is read, processed using an algorithm, and then either its checksum > is compared with a reference checksum, or the final output is compared > with reference data. > > There are lots of other types of software packages with tests that have > similar requirements. > > The easiest solution is to update the check-TESTS: definition in > automake's lib/am/check.am file so that it has an option to emulate the > way a test would traditionally be executed by a recursive build. I can > hack my copy of Automake, but then the resulting project can't be > re-created by someone else.
Agreed. I think your best course of action is to put a patch in the
automake queue for Alexandre's return from vacation :-(
Cheers,
Gary.
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