Hullo,

On 28/08/16 14:23, John Darrington wrote:
> Why not generalise that:
> check-alias "test" which defaults to check.  Or something similar.

Sure. How about #:test-target? :-)

(Not that calling it test-target instead of check-target isn't
needlessly confusing already. Trips me up every time.)

> "make check" is what the Gnu Coding Standards specify:
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Standard-Targets
>
> So I think it should stay as it is - at least for the gnu-build-system

I agree.

I don't see how adding dark magic here will save packagers' time. We'll
still have to check the logs to make sure tests actually run, and any
new failure modes are just that little bit harder to debug.

Kind regards,

T G-R (back from an IMAP holiday)