Hello Philip, * Philip Herron wrote on Wed, May 06, 2009 at 03:49:50PM CEST: > > This is probably in the automake manual but hey. I am wondering is it > possible to say in a Makefile.am besides your bin_programs CFLAGS etc... > > Can you add extra things like a: make check rule -> to run the > bin_program(s) and grep for a certain output or is it best to write a > script to do this?
Yes, it is possible. For the most part, Makefile.am contents are copied into the resulting Makefile, so you can just use plain `make' rules as you would in a Makefile. Automake has support for test scripts and programs with the TESTS variable, see "info Automake Tests". Cheers, Ralf
