Mathieu Lirzin <m...@gnu.org> writes: > Carnë Draug <carandraug+...@gmail.com> writes: > >> There are 3 variables used by automake when calling dejagnu's >> runtest: >> >> $RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS - default from automake >> $AM_RUNTESTFLAGS - set by package developer >> $RUNTESTFLAGS - for user configuration >> >> However, AM_RUNTESTFLAGS is used first and is therefore overwritten >> by RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS. My use case is that I am not using recursive >> make and therefore want to set dejagnu's srcdir to the testsuite >> directory. But RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS then sets it to $srcdir. Here's >> the lines causing my issue: >> >> RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS = --tool $$tool --srcdir $$srcdir >> [...] >> if $(RUNTEST) $(AM_RUNTESTFLAGS) $(RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS) >> $(RUNTESTFLAGS); \ >> [...] >> >> A possible fix is to swap their order (simple patch attached). > > It seems like the right thing to do. This has been fixed by commit > 3126fa4c6b69c043e20af9381563069c0f2a0ba0 > >> Another issue I am having with this is that the recipe to create the >> site.exp file, also built by automake, sets dejagnu's srcdir to the >> Makefile $srcdir again. I am unsure how best to fix that (I guess a >> maintainer variable). > > I am not sure to understand the issue correctly. Can you try to explain > it again? I have no experience with DejaGNU, so don't hesitate to be > explicit.
I am closing this since the main issue described was the order of options. Feel free to open a new bug if you want to report something about how $(srcdir) is handled. Thanks. -- Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37
