Neil Williams writes ("Re: Mandatory support for -nocheck in
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS"):
> "Packages that run a test suite during the default build must support
> omitting the tests either upon detecting cross-compiling using
> dpkg-architecture or when -nocheck is specified in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS."
I support the idea of `notest' for other reasons but I don't think
it's what you want.
What you mean is that you don't want binaries generated at one point
being executed later during the build. I think it would be better to
invent an option `cross' which covered this requirement.
`notest' might reasonably do both more and less than this. If a
package contains only scripts, it might reasonably test them even for
an embedded build. Likewise `cross' might ask a package to take some
kind of remedial action, for example reusing a pregenerated file
rather than building it afresh - which wouldn't make sense for
`notest'.
Ian.
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