Re: Splitting "make check" into separate build and run targets

[NightStrike]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:38 AM, Björn Stenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> Couldn't you simply add a 'buil-tests' target that creates
>> all the programs in $(TESTS)?  Something as simple as:
>>
>>     build-tests: $(TESTS)
>>
>> Then run it on the build system, before running "make check" on
>> the embedded target.  Or am I missing something?
>
> The "check" target depends on the test programs, which in turn depend on 
> their source code files.
>
> I want to install only the test programs and test data on target, leaving out 
> the the source and object files. That's why I created a "run" target that 
> does not depend on those files being present.

make check-TESTS should suffice to do the actual running of the tests, no?