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bug#19961: [PATCH 1/2] automake: support check-hook target
From: |
Mike Frysinger |
Subject: |
bug#19961: [PATCH 1/2] automake: support check-hook target |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:36:31 -0500 |
Related to automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/19961.
Add hook support for the check target as requested by Shahbaz Youssefi.
* NEWS: Mention new check-hook.
* bin/automake.in: Run check-hook if defined.
* doc/automake.texi: Document new check-hook.
---
NEWS | 2 ++
bin/automake.in | 2 ++
doc/automake.texi | 2 +-
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 665d8329d667..183825e8f2ed 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ New in 1.17:
- Variables using escaped \# will trigger portability warnings, but be
retained when appended. GNU Make & BSD Makes are known to support it.
+ - The check target now supports user defined check-hook.
+
* Obsolescent features:
- py-compile no longer supports Python 0.x or 1.x versions. Python 2.0,
diff --git a/bin/automake.in b/bin/automake.in
index 6d55884023cd..1a47865474f9 100644
--- a/bin/automake.in
+++ b/bin/automake.in
@@ -4670,6 +4670,8 @@ sub do_check_merge_target ()
# Include user-defined local form of target.
push @check_tests, 'check-local'
if user_phony_rule 'check-local';
+ push @check_tests, 'check-hook'
+ if user_phony_rule 'check-hook';
# The check target must depend on the local equivalent of
# 'all', to ensure all the primary targets are built. Then it
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index b6a38dc27ce5..b13f96809ce3 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -11609,7 +11609,7 @@ In contrast, some rules also have a way to run another
rule, called a
@dfn{hook}; hooks are always executed after the main rule's work is done.
The hook is named after the principal target, with @samp{-hook} appended.
The targets allowing hooks are @code{install-data},
-@code{install-exec}, @code{uninstall}, @code{dist}, and
+@code{install-exec}, @code{uninstall}, @code{check}, @code{dist}, and
@code{distcheck}.
For instance, here is how to create a hard link to an installed program:
--
2.34.1
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