Re: testing packages at build-time
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 01:41:42AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > 2?) We add a test target in debian/rules. Autobuilders will need to
> > be modified to take advantage of this. We can then go farther and
> > implement special testing facility.
>
> How would you distinguish a failed test from a debian/rules file which
> doesn't have a "test" target?
debian/rules -q test
Then test the value of $?
(info make for more information)
This, of course, assumes that debian/rules has to be a makefile. (I'm
sure this is flamebait, but it makes a lot of logistical sense.)
Julian
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