On 01/16/2013 06:12 PM, Brandon Black wrote: > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Brandon Black <blbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> There doesn't seem to be a way to set up my configure.ac such that my >>> tests >>> > will run in serial mode on both older and newer versions of automake >>> >> > Just FYI, for anyone else running into similar issues, I realized the > obvious workaround this morning: don't use the automake test harness stuff > at all and just execute your testrunner with a "check-local" rule. > If you only have a test runner which controls all your tests, I think this is indeed the best strategy. The Automake test harness is meant to help you manage your test execution, re-execution, logging and inter-dependencies; if you don't need those features, or have implemented them yourself in another way, you don't need the Automake harness (it would probably just get in the way).
> You can still use check_PROGRAMS to build stuff before check-local runs. > Exactly. > [SNIP] Regards, Stefano
