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revision 1.742 by kryde, Fri Jun 20 23:26:19 2003 UTC revision 1.743 by akim, Mon Jun 23 11:11:41 2003 UTC
# Line 14177  health checking, before listing include Line 14177  health checking, before listing include
14177  files.  The special file @file{package.m4}, containing the  files.  The special file @file{package.m4}, containing the
14178  identification of the package, is automatically included if found.  identification of the package, is automatically included if found.
14179    
14180    A convenient alternative consists in moving all the global issues
14181    (local Autotest macros, elementary health checking, and @code{AT_INIT}
14182    invocation) into the file @code{local.at}, and making
14183    @file{testsuite.at} be a simple list of @code{m4_include} of sub test
14184    suites.  In such case, generating the whole test suite or pieces of it
14185    is only a matter of choosing the @command{autom4te} command line
14186    arguments.
14187    
14188  The validation scripts that Autotest produces are by convention called  The validation scripts that Autotest produces are by convention called
14189  @command{testsuite}.  When run, @command{testsuite} executes each test  @command{testsuite}.  When run, @command{testsuite} executes each test
14190  group in turn, producing only one summary line per test to say if that  group in turn, producing only one summary line per test to say if that
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14224  Files used in preparing a software package for distribution:  Files used in preparing a software package for distribution:
14225    
14226  @example  @example
14227  subfile-1.at ->.                  [package.m4] -->.
14228      ...         \                                   \
14229  subfile-i.at ---->-- testsuite.at -->.  subfile-1.at ->.  [local.at] ---->+
14230      ...         /                     \      ...         \                  \
14231  subfile-n.at ->'                       >-- autom4te* -->testsuite  subfile-i.at ---->-- testsuite.at -->-- autom4te* -->testsuite
14232                                        /      ...         /
14233                        [package.m4] ->'  subfile-n.at ->'
14234  @end example  @end example
14235    
14236  @noindent  @noindent

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