[PATCH] {master} tests: fix typo-related error in auxdir2.test

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
I plan to push this to a temporary bug-fixing branch off of commit v1.11-249-g49ac3de, and then merge it to master. I will push in 48 hours if there is no review by then. Regards, Stefano -*-*- * tests/auxdir2.test (configure.in): Close m4 quoting in the argument to AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR. Witho

[PATCH] {testsuite-work} self tests: check that `$me' can be overridden

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
I will push in 48 hours if there's no review by then. Regards, Stefano From b896ed66cb809000e57dfb7ba4913e56a510851e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 20:58:21 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] self tests: check that `$me' can be overridden * tests/self-c

[RFC] testsuite: can avoid many aclocal runs by pre-computing aclocal.m4

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
NOTE: this is a preliminary, experimental version of a patch intended to boost up the performance of the Automake testsuite, idaelly by ~ 15% or 20%. I post it here to get early feedback (hopefully) and objections (hopefully not too many ;-) The patch is attached. Below is the git commit message

Patch reviews (was: Re: [FYI] {testsuite-work} tests: use `$SHELL' to run the shell scripts from `lib/')

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Sunday 05 June 2011, Peter Rosin wrote: > Den 2011-06-04 11:24 skrev Stefano Lattarini: > > Yes, and you're absolutely right complaining about the LIB= -> LIB='' > > useless change, and the cat -> unindent "unreported" change; for them > > I can only apologize, and fix the ChangeLog entry to rep

Re: [FYI] {testsuite-work} tests: use `$SHELL' to run the shell scripts from `lib/'

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Sunday 05 June 2011, Peter Rosin wrote: > Den 2011-06-04 11:24 skrev Stefano Lattarini: > > On Saturday 04 June 2011, Peter Rosin wrote: > >> Den 2011-06-02 17:36 skrev Stefano Lattarini: > >>> This should offer greater testsuite coverage for those developers > >>> that override CONFIG_SHELL at

Re: [FYI] {testsuite-work} tests: use `$SHELL' to run the shell scripts from `lib/'

2011-06-05 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2011-06-04 11:24 skrev Stefano Lattarini: > On Saturday 04 June 2011, Peter Rosin wrote: >> Den 2011-06-02 17:36 skrev Stefano Lattarini: >>> This should offer greater testsuite coverage for those developers >>> that override CONFIG_SHELL at configure time in order to test more >>> shells on a

[PATCH 1/3] parallel-tests: add auxiliary script 'pt-driver', refactor

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
ChangeLog | 58 automake.in |8 ++- lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.in | 69 --- lib/Makefile.am |2 +- lib/Makefile.in |2 +- lib/am/check.am

[PATCH 3/3] parallel-tests: allow each test to have multiple results

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
--- ChangeLog| 38 doc/automake.texi| 23 +++ lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.in | 16 +- lib/am/check.am | 41 - lib/pt-driver

[PATCH 2/3] parallel-tests: allow custom driver scripts

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
--- ChangeLog | 28 + automake.in| 38 ++-- doc/automake.texi | 55 ++ lib/Automake/tests/Makefile.in |4 +- lib/am/check2.am |4 +- tests/M

[PATCHES v3] Allow custom testsuite drivers in Automake

2011-06-05 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Reference: Here is the new round of patches. I've rebased them on latest master, slighty edited the first patch (upating TESTS in Makefile.am, fixing a bug in `test-driver-custom-no-pt-driver.test', adding a new test `tes