Re: make check vs make installcheck

2002-01-04 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 09:55:43PM -0700, Tom Tromey wrote: : > "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : Tom> Automake's user docs are nonexistent :-(. This is described in : Tom> the GNU Coding Standards. Really it would be nice if we had a : Tom> separate document that expl

Re: make check vs make installcheck

2002-01-03 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom> Automake's user docs are nonexistent :-(. This is described in Tom> the GNU Coding Standards. Really it would be nice if we had a Tom> separate document that explained the standard targets to the Tom> user. People could distribute

Re: make check vs make installcheck

2002-01-03 Thread Akim Demaille
> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Simon" == Simon Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simon> I also notice that automake generates an 'installcheck' target, Simon> but it's not described in the documentation. Tom> Automake's user docs are nonexistent :-(. This is desc

Re: make check vs make installcheck

2001-12-31 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Simon" == Simon Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simon> I also notice that automake generates an 'installcheck' target, Simon> but it's not described in the documentation. Automake's user docs are nonexistent :-(. This is described in the GNU Coding Standards. Really it would be nice

Re: make check vs make installcheck

2001-11-03 Thread akim
On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 02:04:10PM -0700, Simon Perkins wrote: > Simon Perkins wrote: > > I also notice that automake generates an 'installcheck' target, but it's not > > described in the documentation. Is this the place to put tests for the installed > > package? Or does it have some other intern

Re: make check vs make installcheck

2001-11-02 Thread Simon Perkins
Simon Perkins wrote: > I also notice that automake generates an 'installcheck' target, but it's not > described in the documentation. Is this the place to put tests for the installed > package? Or does it have some other internal purpose? How do I put a test for > the installed software into my ma

make check vs make installcheck

2001-11-02 Thread Simon Perkins
Hi, Just belatedly trying to put some testing stuff into my code and I'm a little confused about when 'make check' is supposed to be run. As I'm currently understanding it, 'make check' is supposed to be run after building but before installing. But what if your code won't run until it's install