Ken noted that "make check" can be run before installation because the only program...

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a2e2d61..1da728e 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
 
 3) make
 
-4) make install
+4) make check
+
+   This takes a bit of time, around one minute on a modern machine,
+   but is highly recommended.
+
+5) make install
 
    Note that if you have [n]mh files in your install directories with
    the same names as the files being installed, the old ones will get
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
    make is processing that directory to see if you need to merge
    changes from *.prev files into the new versions.
 
-5) Edit the file `mts.conf' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory)
+6) Edit the file `mts.conf' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory)
    and make any necessary changes for the mail transport interface
    you are using.
 
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
    default value allows the most flexibility.  See the discussion of the
    --enable-masquerade configure option below).
 
-6) Edit the file `mhn.defaults' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory).
+7) Edit the file `mhn.defaults' (installed in the nmh `etc' directory).
    This file contains the default profile entries for the nmh command
    `mhn' and is created by the script `mhn.defaults.sh'.  This script
    will search a generic path (essentially your $PATH) for programs to
@@ -116,13 +121,6 @@ need an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.
    "MH & xmh: Email for Users and Programmers", 3rd edition, by Jerry Peek,
    on the Internet at <http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/mh/confmhn.html>.
 
-7) make check
-
-   This takes a bit of time, around one minute on a modern machine,
-   but is highly recommended.  If you're going to run it, it must be
-   run after installation.  If you want to run the nmh test suite
-   prior to installation, use "make distcheck".
-
 8) Add an optional global mh.profile, if desired.  This profile should be
    placed in the nmh `etc' directory with the name `mh.profile'.  This
    file will be used to construct the initial .mh_profile of a new nmh

diff --git a/test/common.sh.in b/test/common.sh.in
index fb24d74..f0545e6 100644 (file)
--- a/test/common.sh.in
+++ b/test/common.sh.in
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ setup_test ()
   cat > $MH <<EOF || exit 1
 Path: ${MH_TEST_DIR}/Mail
 mhlproc: ${MH_LIB_DIR}/mhl
+showproc: ${MH_LIB_DIR}/mhl
+postproc: ${MH_LIB_DIR}/post
 EOF
 
   for f in MailAliases components digestcomps distcomps forwcomps mhl.body \