Re: [Flightgear-devel] tests/ binaries

[Curtis L. O. <cu...@fl...>]

Cameron Moore writes:
> Is it necessary to install the binaries in tests/?  The only one that
> seems halfway usable is `gl-info`.  Do you need these binaries?  I ask
> because there are debian bugs for each of these:
> 
>   #87556: Missing manpage for est-epsilon
>   #87557: Missing manpage for gl-info
>   #87558: Missing manpage for test-mktime
>   #87559: Missing manpage for engine
>   #87560: Missing manpage for pstest
> 
> IMHO, they are not necessary.  The fix is simple: change bin_PROGRAMS
> to noinst_PROGRAMS in tests/Makefile.am.  If we are going to keep them,
> I will write some trivial manpages for them.

Good point ... I will make it so only gl-info and est-epsilon are
installed.

gl-info is good for debugging.  est-epsilon is often good for
illustrating the limits of floating point numbers whenever the issue
comes up.

Regards,

Curt.
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