RE:rules file and build directory

[PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr>]

Hello Eugen

> In order to run the tests in my package I first have to build them (they
> are not built by the 'all' target). This requires a non-standard target
> (build-tests) of the upstream Makefile to be invoked.
> I have two solutions how I can deal with this:
> 1.) I change to the build directory (the directory where the rules
>     file invokes the upstream build system) and run 'make build-tests'
>     from within rules.
> 2.) Find a simple way how to call a custom target of the upstream
>     build system from within 'rules'.


Why not emulating the make check target[1]

[1] http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMakeEmulateMakeCheck

Then it should be easy to call make check during the build


Cheers

Fred