Re: [PATCH 0/2] tests: avoid extra test generation (for `instspc' tests)

[Stefano Lattarini]

Reference:
 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-02/msg00044.html>

On Wednesday 16 February 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Hello automakers.
> 
> Recently, I've looked again into the `instspc*.test' tests (for more info:
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-02/msg00036.html>).
> While doing so, I've come to realize that we don't really need to generate
> tons and tons of wrapper test scripts (presently, ~ 90) just to run what is
> basically a single test (specifically, `instspc-tests.sh') with different
> parameters.  In fact, the possibility of running a single driver script
> with multiple files/configurations/parameters is one of the major selling
> points of the 'parallel-tests' testsuite driver of automake.  So why not
> use ourselves more extensively the best features we provide?
> 
> I'll soon post a two-patches series implementing this idea (note that the
> first one is just a preparatory patch that makes sense only in view of
> the second one).  The patches has been tested with in-tree and VPATH
> builds, with various shells (pdksh, mksh, older bash and ash versions,
> Solaris 10 /bin/sh and /bin/ksh) and various make implementations (Debian
> ports of FreeBSD and NetBSD make, GNU make versions from 3.79 to 3.82,
> Heirloom make, and Solaris 10 dmake, CCS make and XPG4 make).
> 
> Regards,
>   Stefano
> 
Ping on this?  I'll push in 72 hours if there's no review by then.

Regards,
  Stefano