Re: DejaGnu test directory layout

[Reuben Thomas]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008, Reuben Thomas wrote:

> From the DejaGnu manual:
>
> "DejaGnu require the directory be named `testsuite'."
>
> Automake by default makes dejagnu look for the config and ${TOOL}.test 
> directories in the current subdirectory, which implies that automake expects 
> to use dejagnu via "SUBDIRS = testsuite" with "AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dejagnu" in 
> testsuite/Makefile.am.
>
> This could usefully be clarified.

I meant to add that the "calc" example in DejaGnu conflicts with what I've 
deduced above: it uses a testsuite subdirectory, but instead puts the 
DejaGnu settings in the top level directory's Makefile.am, and sets
RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS. It does not descend into testsuite as a SUBDIR.

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