thanks. On Feb 18, 2015 3:46 PM, "Nick Bowler" wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know about the specific failure but I can answer your > questions... > > On 2015-02-18 09:18 +0100, Michael Felt wrote: > > Test 70, e.g., proceeds fine but at line 61 - it fails > [...] > > in the test file runpath-in-lalib.at > > > > +61 AT_CHECK([$GREP /foobar $libdir/liba.la], [], [ignore]) > > +62 AT_CHECK([$GREP /foobar $libdir/libb.la], [], [ignore]) > > +63 > > +64 # TODO: check that m gets -R, too. > > +65 > > +66 AT_CLEANUP > [...] > > Two questions: > > > > 1. the word [ignore] at the end does not mean to ignore exit status - I > am > > guessing. So what does it mean? > > It means to ignore the standard output of the command (not completely; > it is still recorded in the testsuite log file). > > > 2. How can I easily run a (verbose) single-test (and maybe have it echo > the > > values of things like $GREP) > > You can pass flags to the testsuite by setting TESTSUITEFLAGS, e.g., > > make check TESTSUITEFLAGS='70' > > to run just test 70. See ./tests/testsuite --help for more testsuite > options; perhaps --trace will be helpful for you. > > Regards, > -- > Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/) >