On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Doug Cutting <cutt...@apache.org> wrote:
> Matt Massie wrote: > >> Part of creating a distributable artifact that is guaranteed to work with >> a >> simple './configure;make' is building the code and running all the unit >> tests inside the newly generated package. >> > > That was not my intent for the 'dist' target. The 'dist' target is meant > to only generate artifacts for distribution. One should run tests before > one distributes, but the 'dist' target should not itself run those tests. Running the tests inside the build directory and running the tests inside the newly generated package/tarball are two different things. It's possible for unit tests to pass in the source directory and fail when generating the distributable tarball (e.g. failed to include a source file in the manifest). The tests are not just testing source. They are testing building the source in a particular build environment/ directory structure. Currently running 'make clean distcheck' takes 47 secs on my Macbook. That's a small price to pay for piece of mind in my opinion. -Matt
