On Thursday 20 January 2011, Rainer Orth wrote:
> Currently, Automake doesn't support adding package-specific content to
> the site.exp file generated for DejaGnu testsuites.  In GCC alone, three
> testsuites need that facility and have to override the
> Automake-generated target wholesale to achieve what they need:
> 
> boehm-gc/testsuite/Makefile.am
> libjava/testsuite/Makefile.am
> libstdc++-v3/testsuite/Makefile.am
> 
> These Makefile.am's carry the following comment:
> 
> # We need more things in site.exp, but automake completely controls the
> # creation of that file; there's no way to append to it without messing up
> # the dependancy chains.  So we overrule automake.  This rule is exactly
> # what it would have generated, plus our own additions.
> 
> Since in the future it is easily possible that the target/commands
> generated by Automake deviate from what is currently emitted there,
> there should be a Automake facility to directly support adding to the
> generated site.exp.
> 
> Thanks.
> 	Rainer
> 

What about the attached patch?  It should be applied to a temporary branch
based off of the commit v1.11-249-g253c2e7 "Extend and improve tests on
DejaGnu support", and could be merged to either maint or master.

Regards,
   Stefano