Re: Testing the distribution

[Tom Howard]

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Peter Simons wrote:
> I've had another idea and was wondering whether you think
> it's feasible.
> 
> In theory, it should be possible to cat(1) all macros we
> have in the archive together into one large file and run it
> through autoconf(1) without errors, right?
> 
> Now assume we had "testing instructions" per macro somewhere
> (in the m4 file or in an extra file), then it should be
> possible to concatenate those as well and to build a
> configure script that runs all macros! Those instructions
> would essentially consist of a sample call to the macro that
> is supposed to work everywhere.
> 
> This "configure-all" script could be built and run as part
> of the build process to ensure that no glaring syntax errors
> or incompatibilities have sneaked into the macros.
> 
> Does that make any sense?

Sounds like and excellent idea.  Can you whack that on a to-do list with
the dependency stuff and packaging stuff?

Cheers,

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Tom Howard

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