From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14702 invoked by alias); 8 Sep 2005 11:38:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gsl-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gsl-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 8518 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Sep 2005 22:32:55 -0000 Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:38:00 -0000 X-OfflineIMAP-x1863066104-52656d74414e4c73656e64-494e424f582e4f7574626f78: 1126132372-0422283940431-v4.0.8 From: "Stewart V. Wright" To: gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: preparing a new release (part 2) Message-ID: <20050907223241.GC4520@anl.gov> Mail-Followup-To: gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com References: <17181.31705.694762.239591@network-theory.co.uk> <200509071814.41044.pavenis@latnet.lv> <20050907221713.GD30028@austin.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050907221713.GD30028@austin.ibm.com> X-Request-PGP: http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~swright/security/keys.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-SW-Source: 2005-q3/txt/msg00085.txt.bz2 --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 822 G'day Linas, * linas [050907 17:18]: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 06:14:41PM +0300, Andris Pavenis was heard to rem= ark: > >=20=20 > > -TESTS =3D test > > - > > check_PROGRAMS =3D test > >=20=20 > > test_SOURCES =3D test.c >=20 > This is a really bad name for a unix prgram. For, on my machine >=20 > which test=20 >=20 > returns >=20 > /usr/bin/test I would not disagree too loudly on aesthetic grounds, but automake is smart enough to preface the check_PROGRAMS with a ./ (or at least enough of the directory tree) so there is no real problem in calling it test, true or even false (if you wanted to be _really_ nasty to the next generation of developers). All in all the naming is not really a worry. I'm surprised about the ordering of TESTS and check_PROGRAMS though... Cheers, S. --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline Content-length: 274 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iH8EARECAD8FAkMfaok4Gmh0dHA6Ly93d3cubGl2LmFjLnVrL35zdndyaWdodC9z ZWN1cml0eS9ncGctcG9saWN5Lmh0bWwACgkQaBqfzTXbdHIeSQCgi0VGKeJQtunN 5eYdartDHlL/UCwAnjD19uqXqrAVkL+TedAvueCW5Knm =If1E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sm4nu43k4a2Rpi4c--