Re: dynamic autotest testsuite options

[Grzegorz Jakacki]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Derek Robert Price wrote:

> I'm trying to convert the CVS test suite to use autotest rather than its
> current homeroll and I was hoping to carry over some of the options that
> the homeroll accepts into the new testsuite.
>
> Is there some way other than converting them into VAR=XXX type options
> to have testsuite accept them?  Something like AT_ARG // to but more
> general than AC_ARG_WITH & AC_ARG_ENABLE?

I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I found it useful
to configure a testsuite as a subpackage:

  foo/
   +-configure.ac   <-- contains AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([testsuite])
   +-src/
   +-...
   +-testsuite/
      +-configure.ac  <-- contains AC_ARG_ENABLE for testsuite options
      +-testsuite.at
      +-...

and put the configuration of the testsuite into AC_ARG_WITH/AC_ARG_ENABLE
in testsuite/configure.ac. The testsuite configuration options can be
passed to the top-level configure (as they are passed down) or the
testsuite can be reconfigured (e.g. to run the executable with specific
run-time options) after the executable is compiled.

Best regards
Grzegorz

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