tests: new convenience target 'check-parallel'

[platform/upstream/automake.git] / Makefile.am

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 602d8ee..15b87c9 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -524,6 +524,12 @@ check-no-trailing-backslash-in-recipes:
          CONFIG_SHELL='$(abs_top_builddir)/t/ax/shell-no-trail-bslash'
 .PHONY: check-no-trailing-backslash-in-recipes
 
+# Automake-generated Makefiles should work when run with parallel make.
+check-parallel:
+       $(AM_V_GEN)$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) check \
+         AM_TESTSUITE_MAKE="$${AM_TESTSUITE_MAKE-$${MAKE-make}} -j4"
+.PHONY: check-parallel
+
 ## Checking the list of tests.
 test_subdirs = t t/pm contrib/t
 include $(srcdir)/t/CheckListOfTests.am