On 15 Jul 2015 9:03 am, "PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel" <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> wrote:
>
> >> 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'.
>
>
> In fact I just checked in the debhelper.
> the dh_auto_test target call the first running test , check target
>
> so if you add a make chech target, it will be executer by dh
>
>
> Now if you want to customize the target
>
> just
>
> override_du_auto_test:
> <cmd du run the tests>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Fred
>
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I second what Fred said.
The override on dh_auto_test exists for specific use cases where upstream deviates from what dh can automatically detect wrt the test suite.
Ghis