RFC: testing framework

[Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>]

Jun'ichi Nomura wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> There are kludges in t/Makefile.in (symlink creation and LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>> setting), that are required to run the dynamically-linked lvm against the
>> libraries in a just-compiled sibling device-mapper directory.  Thanks to
>> Dave Wysochanski for that tip.  IMHO this is a very strong argument
>> for pulling device-mapper into lvm.  Alasdair, can we do that soon?
>> I'll be happy to submit a patch.
> 
> It didn't work for me because I have device-mapper source directory
> named '../device-mapper.work', instead of '../device-mapper' that
> Makefile assumes.
> There is '--with-dmdir=DIR' option for configure.
> Can the Makefile use it?
> (A patch is attached.)

Also, this patch to allow relative path for '--with-dmdir' might
be helpful.

Thanks,
-- 
Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Corporation of America
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