[gnuastro-devel] [task #14190] Tests in make check usable independently

[Mohammad Akhlaghi]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?14190>

                 Summary: Tests in make check usable independently
                 Project: GNU Astronomy Utilities
            Submitted by: makhlaghi
            Submitted on: Wed 26 Oct 2016 04:23:19 PM JST
         Should Start On: Wed 26 Oct 2016 12:00:00 AM JST
   Should be Finished on: Wed 26 Oct 2016 12:00:00 AM JST
                Category: Installation
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Enhancement
                  Status: Postponed
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

Gnuastro's tests are written specifically to be run within `make check'. But
in many contexts, it is useful to be able to run the tests independently (on
the installed package, and not necessarily on the built package). 

One particular context where this can be useful is Debian's CI checks (when a
dependency is updated, these tests will be run on the installed
programs/libraries). With the great help of Ole Streicher, Gnuastro will soon
be availabe in Debian's packages.

Doing this shouldn't need much modification, we can define a variable in
Automake and in the scripts we can check that variable to see if we are in
`make check' or not.




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