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authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-05-16 12:13:32 +0200
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-05-16 12:13:37 +0200
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downloadautomake-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>
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@@ -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: