On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 9:39 PM Jacob Bachmeyer <jcb62...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a revised patch that changes the DejaGnu tests in the Automake > testsuite to properly use a testsuite/ directory. A previous "v0" of > this patch was sent to the general Automake list as an illustration of > the problem, but that version of the patch broke compatibility with all > older releases of DejaGnu. This version instead uses recursive make to > run DejaGnu in the testsuite/ directory in each case. This works with > older versions of DejaGnu and this usage of DejaGnu will continue to be > supported for the foreseeable future. > > On a side note, DejaGnu can now be run from its source tree or a Git > working tree. While the Automake testsuite does not seem to provide a > way to set RUNTEST to point to an alternate runtest, " > PATH=/where/you/put/dejagnu-1.6.3:$PATH make check " will use an > unpacked version of the 1.6.3 release even if the system has an older > version installed. Older versions of DejaGnu did not support this reliably.
I confirmed that all tests pass for me on Fedora 34, both with dejagnu-1.6.1 and with 1.6.3. I've pushed that with a ChangeLog and NEWS added by Karl. Thanks to both of you!
