Implementing `make check` or `make test`

Question

How can I implement a simple regression test framework with Make? (I’m using GNU Make, if that matters.)

My current makefile looks something like this (edited for simpl

Answer 1

What I ended up with looks like this:

TESTS = whitespace list boolean character \
    literal fixnum string symbol quote

.PHONY: clean test

test: $(JSCHEME)
    for t in $(TESTS); do \
        $(JSCHEME) < test/$$t.ss > test/$$t.out 2>&1; \
        diff test/$$t.out test/$$t.cmp > /dev/null || \
            echo Test $$t failed >&2; \
    done

It’s based on Jack Kelly’s idea, with Jonathan Leffler’s tip included.