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author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-05-16 12:13:32 +0200 |
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committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-05-16 12:13:37 +0200 |
commit | 48fc2d83362b4ad62e9e88dfec1cba6b934b8963 (patch) | |
tree | 5dad211c399812eb97e59a29e80784798f630db1 | |
parent | e89b9083e11432affd2307a5d51b99bceedebf85 (diff) | |
download | automake-48fc2d83362b4ad62e9e88dfec1cba6b934b8963.tar.gz |
maint: tests no longer need to have executable bit set
It has been a while since they are runnable only through "make check"
or "./runtest", and not directly.
* HACKING: Adjust.
* t/README: Likewise, and updated the surrounding text to get rid of
obsolete statements and advices.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r-- | HACKING | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | t/README | 6 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ * Use "make check" and "make maintainer-check" liberally. -* Make sure each test file is executable. - * Export the 'keep_testdirs' environment variable to "yes" to keep test directories for successful tests also. @@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ Writing test cases by a C++ compiler, for similar reasons (i.e., the isatty(3) function from that same unistd.h header would be required otherwise). -* Before commit: make sure the test is executable, add the tests to - TESTS in Makefile.am, add it to XFAIL_TESTS in addition if needed, - write a ChangeLog entry, send the diff to <automake-patches@gnu.org>. +* Add any new test to handwritten_TESTS in 't/list-of-tests.mk', and + to XFAIL_TESTS in addition if needed (that is, if the test is expected + to fail). * In test scripts, prefer using POSIX constructs over their old Bourne-only equivalents: |