Re: [PATCHv1 2/3] tests: build tests by default

[Florian Fainelli <ffainelli@freebox.fr>]

On Tuesday 05 April 2011 14:44:24 Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Andy Shevchenko
> <ext-andriy.shevchenko@nokia.com> wrote
> 
> > -install:: ${TARGETS} ${SCRIPTS}
> > +install:: ${TARGETS} ${SCRIPTS} tests
> >        mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/${SBINDIR}
> >        install -m 0755 ${TARGETS} ${SCRIPTS} ${DESTDIR}/${SBINDIR}/
> >        mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/${MANDIR}/man1
> > diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..05b37e9
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/tests/Makefile
> > @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> > +
> > +SUBDIRS = checkfs fs-tests jittertest ubi-tests
> > +
> > +all clean tests: $(SUBDIRS)
> > +
> > +.PHONY: $(SUBDIRS)
> > +$(SUBDIRS):
> > +       $(MAKE) -C $@ $(MAKECMDGOALS)
> 
> We don't want the tests installed by default, do we?  If we do for
> some reason, it might be better to stick them in
> /usr/libexec/mtd-utils/ or /usr/share/mtd-utils/ or something.  I
> doubt we need them sitting in /usr/sbin,/sbin,/bin,/usr/bin on 99% of
> the installs.

Most embedded distributions would prefer tests to be disabled by default.

If this is absolutely required, they should still be built as a separate Make 
target.
--
Florian