Re: patch 4: test for --help and --version (take 2)

[Bonzini]

> I *need* it to make sure I install all the files.  Installcheck makes
> sure that the program, once installed, behaves properly.  `check' per
> se is ridiculous: who cares to know that the program works in the
> build tree?  (of course you want that before installing, but that's
> not the point).

You're right, when I started working under Unix I was bit by this quite a
few times.  But I think that it is of dubious utility to have installcheck
run the same developer-oriented regression tests or autotest test cases that
are run in `make check', a different suite (INSTALLTESTS?) would be needed.

>From the point of view of a developer making changes that can break things
in trivial ways (trivial enough to show up in the build tree, I mean), or
that need expected failures to remember something needs to be fixed
urgently, `make check' is not ridiculous at all.

Paolo