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Re: BSD vs. GNU make -- `make check'

From: Joe Orton <jorton_at_btconnect.com>
Date: 2001-06-18 11:41:08 CEST

On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:14:19PM -0500, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>
> This bit of code from Makefile.in is part of the 'check' target:
>
> echo "START: $$progbase" >> $$logfile ; \
> (cd $$progdir && ./$$progbase $(abs_srcdir)) >> $$logfile ; \
> if test $$? -eq 0; then \
> echo "SUCCESS" ; \
> else \
> failed=yes; \
> echo "FAILED" ; \
> echo "--- at least one sub-test FAILED, check tests.log." ; \
> fi; \
> echo "END: $$progbase" >> $$logfile ; \
>
>
> The problem I'm noticing on my FreeBSD systems: if one of the test
> programs returns non-zero, we never see the "FAILED" message in the
> else clause. Instead, the BSD version of 'make' simply bombs out on
> the spot and prints "*** Error code N".
>
> I'd like to not be dependent on the fact that GNU make is more
> tolerant than others. Is there a way to change the script above so
> that older 'make's won't instantly bomb on error?

I think it will work as intended if you change it to be like:

   if (cd $$progdir; ...); then
      #success
   else
      #failure
   fi

> Then again, maybe this is a desirable behavior -- quit the 'check'
> target as soon as something fails. In which case, we need to *force*
> this to happen with GNU make.

(can just put an 'exit 1' in the failure branch then?)

joe

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