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Re: making script executable?
- From: mcmahill at mtl dot mit dot edu
- To: "Steve M. Robbins" <steven dot robbins at videotron dot ca>
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 05:43:00 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: making script executable?
- Reply-to: mcmahill at mtl dot mit dot edu
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 05:20:02PM -0500, mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have a shell script which I want to run as part of a testsuite. However
> > when I do a 'make distcheck' this script (which does not get configured or
> > anything at build time) ends up with execute permissions turned off.
> > Since I want to be able to properly deal with a read only source tree,
> > what should I do?
>
> If *all* your tests are shell scripts, you can set TESTS_ENVIRONMENT
> to "/bin/sh".
>
> This is even documented in the automake manual! ;->
>
> The variable `TESTS_ENVIRONMENT' can be used to set environment
> variables for the test run; the environment variable `srcdir' is
> set in the rule. If all your test programs are scripts, you can
> also set `TESTS_ENVIRONMENT' to an invocation of the shell (e.g.
> `$(SHELL) -x'); this can be useful for debugging the tests.
I read that part of the manual, but the "If *all*" part was the issue :(
-dan