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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | automake.texi | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/INSTALL | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | stamp-vti | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | version.texi | 2 |
5 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -180,4 +180,3 @@ operates. script, and exit. `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. - diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi index 3c91ee870..cdca509e4 100644 --- a/automake.texi +++ b/automake.texi @@ -2214,7 +2214,11 @@ Automake supports a two forms of test suite. If the variable @code{TESTS} is defined, its value is taken to be a list of programs to run in order to do the testing. The programs can either be derived objects or source objects; the generated rule will look both -in @var{srcdir} and @file{.}. +in @var{srcdir} and @file{.}. Programs needing data files should look +for them in @var{srcdir} (which is both an environment variable and a +make variable) so they work when building in a separate directory +(@pxref{Build Directories,,,autoconf}), and in particular for the +@code{distcheck} target (@pxref{Dist}). The number of failures will be printed at the end of the run. If a given test program exits with a status of 77, then its result is ignored diff --git a/lib/INSTALL b/lib/INSTALL index 50dbe439d..b42a17ac4 100644 --- a/lib/INSTALL +++ b/lib/INSTALL @@ -180,4 +180,3 @@ operates. script, and exit. `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. - @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -@set UPDATED 23 March 1998 +@set UPDATED 31 March 1998 @set EDITION 1.2h @set VERSION 1.2h diff --git a/version.texi b/version.texi index d8a9b9140..d075adaeb 100644 --- a/version.texi +++ b/version.texi @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -@set UPDATED 23 March 1998 +@set UPDATED 31 March 1998 @set EDITION 1.2h @set VERSION 1.2h |