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| author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-05-26 11:23:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-05-26 11:23:29 +0200 |
| commit | bf81b6d1e7e9a9cc0ee310f0b232f20e9eb7c392 (patch) | |
| tree | a0b3987bc1ffda78848b46ff183a72995d5cce82 | |
| parent | fc1aac7adde71f81a6ce03cd41d13ed75be146fa (diff) | |
| download | automake-bf81b6d1e7e9a9cc0ee310f0b232f20e9eb7c392.tar.gz | |
NEWS: document testsuite work for 1.13.3
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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@@ -87,6 +87,26 @@ New in 1.13.3: - Byte-compilation of Emacs lisp files could fail spuriously on Solaris, when /bin/ksh or /usr/xpg4/bin/sh were used as shell. +* Testsuite work: + + - The test cases no longer have the executable bit set. This should + make it clear that they are not meant to be run directly; as + explained in t/README, the can only be run through the custom + 'runtest' script, or by a "make check" invocation. + + - The testsuite has seen the introduction of a new helper function + 'run_make', and several related changes. These serve a two-fold + purpose: + + 1. Removing brittleness due to the use of "make -e" in test cases. + + 2. Seamlessly allowing the use of parallel make ("make -j...") in + the test cases, even where redirection of make output is involved + (see automake bug#11413 for a description of the subtle issues in + this area). + + - Some other minor, miscellaneous changes and fixlets. + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New in 1.13.2: |