On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 11:04:12AM +0200, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: > I downloaded the latest Test-Smoke, and noticed that > it performs a 'make _test' instead of a 'make test'. > Is there a reason for this ? The problem being
Yes. The smoke's just done a make, so it knows perl is built. make test checks that all of perl is built, which takes some time make _test skips that check, which is faster. Which means that you can get more smoking done in given time. > that a bare 'make _test' doesn't work for me : > > $ make _test > if (true </dev/tty) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ > make TEST_ARGS= TESTFILE=TEST _test_tty ; \ > else \ > make TEST_ARGS= TESTFILE=TEST _test_notty ; \ > fi > make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/blead/perl' > cd t && TEST </dev/tty > /bin/sh: TEST: command not found > make[1]: *** [_test_tty] Error 127 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/blead/perl' > make: *** [_test] Error 2 Same here: $ make _test if (true </dev/tty) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ make TEST_ARGS= TESTFILE=TEST _test_tty ; \ else \ make TEST_ARGS= TESTFILE=TEST _test_notty ; \ fi make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nick/build/16589-32' cd t && TEST </dev/tty /bin/sh: TEST: command not found make[1]: *** [_test_tty] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nick/build/16589-32' make: *** [_test] Error 2 But if you know the secret handshake: $ PERL=./perl make _test if (true </dev/tty) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ make TEST_ARGS= TESTFILE=TEST _test_tty ; \ else \ make TEST_ARGS= TESTFILE=TEST _test_notty ; \ fi make[1]: Entering directory `/home/nick/build/16589-32' cd t && ./perl TEST </dev/tty t/base/cond.........................ok t/base/if...........................ok etc. except for the tests not yet written. Schwern is still not poor. Nicholas Clark
