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Re: autotest and make distcheck
From: |
Andrei Kholodnyi |
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Re: autotest and make distcheck |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:04:42 +0200 |
> For example, the Libtool testsuite does something like this in the
> LT_AT_EXEC_CHECK macro in
> <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libtool.git/tree/tests/testsuite.at>.
> You would probably have to use something slightly different in your
> package, since that macro is pretty tailored to Libtool; if you need
> help we can figure something out.
Thanks, I'll drop a look into it.
I'd definitely need some help, since I have started recently
but before I'd like to invest some time getting a better feeling about autotest.
> For known bugs you can use AT_XFAIL_IF to mark them as expected
> failures, or skip tests (using an exit status of 77) that you don't run
> in some situation. Please be aware that AT_XFAIL_IF is evaluated right
> at AT_SETUP time.
Well, but then I need to modify my tests.
It looks like more a workaround for me rather a clean solution.
> Hope that helps.
Yes, it helps. Thanks.
Andrei.