There are 3 variables used by automake when calling dejagnu's
runtest:
$RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS - default from automake
$AM_RUNTESTFLAGS - set by package developer
$RUNTESTFLAGS - for user configuration
However, AM_RUNTESTFLAGS is used first and is therefore overwritten
by RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS. My use case is that I am not using recursive
make and therefore want to set dejagnu's srcdir to the testsuite
directory. But RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS then sets it to $srcdir. Here's
the lines causing my issue:
RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS = --tool $$tool --srcdir $$srcdir
[...]
if $(RUNTEST) $(AM_RUNTESTFLAGS) $(RUNTESTDEFAULTFLAGS)
$(RUNTESTFLAGS); \
[...]
A possible fix is to swap their order (simple patch attached).
Another issue I am having with this is that the recipe to create the
site.exp file, also built by automake, sets dejagnu's srcdir to the
Makefile $srcdir again. I am unsure how best to fix that (I guess a
maintainer variable).
Carnë
