Re: [Findutils-patches] ./configure; make check

[James Youngman]

On 6/28/07, Eric Blake-1 <address@hidden> wrote:
> Several GNU projects allow './configure; make check', whereas findutils
> currently requires './configure; make; make check'.  OK to apply to
> branch and head?  As for an argument for inclusion on the branch,
> this change is minimal, and does not change any code, just the order
> in which make traverses directories.
>
> 2007-06-28  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
>
>         Allow 'make check' to work without prior 'make all'.
>         * find/Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Build in . before testsuite.
>         * locate/Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Likewise.
>         * xargs/Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Likewise.

> diff -u -p -r1.9 Makefile.am
> --- find/Makefile.am    3 Jul 2005 16:07:08 -0000       1.9
> +++ find/Makefile.am    28 Jun 2007 14:48:48 -0000
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = defs.h $(man_MANS)
>  INCLUDES = -I../gnulib/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/gnulib/lib
> -I../intl -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
>  LDADD = ../lib/libfind.a ../gnulib/lib/libgnulib.a @INTLLIBS@
>  man_MANS = find.1
> -SUBDIRS = testsuite
> +SUBDIRS = . testsuite


Is this really the only way to control findutils' directory traversal order?

James.