From f987d181c40270359f4d89fbe3daa1966634bac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Smith Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 17:23:17 -0400 Subject: Collect failure details when the regression tests fail * README.in: Add a section on running regression tests. * Makefile.am (check-regression): Capture the test run output, and on failure collect configure and test results into a tar file. --- README.in | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.in') diff --git a/README.in b/README.in index 4ef14a6a..f144caf2 100644 --- a/README.in +++ b/README.in @@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ You can find most information concerning the development of GNU Make at this site. +Regression Tests +---------------- + +GNU Make contains a suite of regression tests. To run them use "make check" +after building GNU Make. If they fail a tar package will be created +containing useful information, which can be emailed (as an attachment) to +the mailing list. + +Please note that since these tests rely on known-good-output comparisons, +they can show spurious failures on some systems (particularly non-POSIX systems +such as Windows). + + Bug Reporting ------------- -- cgit v1.2.1