Re: [libvirt] [PATCHv2] build: add configure option to disable gnulib tests

On 08/02/13 23:08, Eric Blake wrote: > The gnulib testsuite is relatively stable - the only times it is > likely to have a test change from pass to fail is on a gnulib > submodule update or a major system change (such as moving from > Fedora 18 to 19, or other large change to libc). While it is an > important test for end users on arbitrary machines (to make sure > that the portability glue works for their machine), it mostly > wastes time for development testing (as most developers aren't > making any of the major changes that would cause gnulib tests > to alter behavior). Thus, it pays to make the tests optional > at configure time, defaulting to off for development, on for > tarballs, with autobuilders requesting it to be on. It also > helps to allow a make-time override, via VIR_TEST_EXPENSIVE=[01] > (much the way automake sets up V=[01] for overriding the configure > time default of how verbose to be). >

ACK.