Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This was one feature that prompted the > writing of check.mk: very very often for batch-programs you write a > test driver which takes a test file which contains things like an > input, expected stdout, stderr, and exit status. Then testing the > program is running the test-driver on each test case. The Automake > model is a nuisance in that context, it imposes a painful overhead by > requiring the tests to be executables.
For what it's worth I've also run into the same issue in the context of multiple projects. -- "A computer is a state machine. Threads are for people who cant [sic] program state machines." --Alan Cox
