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author | Naïm Favier <n@monade.li> | 2023-01-25 18:18:41 +0100 |
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committer | Naïm Favier <n@monade.li> | 2023-01-25 18:26:18 +0100 |
commit | edb26159dba85e97731fa1941859cd997aacb2a5 (patch) | |
tree | 10761ef6b18c72a732da65ff9e16cb5dc01b13fd /doc | |
parent | 353e2d957c7421cae4e3ab42739a0997ea7e310f (diff) |
doc/stdenv: clarify default check target
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md index e66cc3476776b..1972ca62f4f29 100644 --- a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md +++ b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ Before and after running `make`, the hooks `preBuild` and `postBuild` are called ### The check phase {#ssec-check-phase} -The check phase checks whether the package was built correctly by running its test suite. The default `checkPhase` calls `make check`, but only if the `doCheck` variable is enabled. +The check phase checks whether the package was built correctly by running its test suite. The default `checkPhase` calls `make $checkTarget`, but only if the `doCheck` variable is enabled (see below). #### Variables controlling the check phase {#variables-controlling-the-check-phase} @@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ See the [build phase](#var-stdenv-makeFlags) for details. ##### `checkTarget` {#var-stdenv-checkTarget} -The make target that runs the tests. Defaults to `check`. +The make target that runs the tests. Defaults to `check` if it exists, otherwise `test`; if neither is found, do nothing. ##### `checkFlags` / `checkFlagsArray` {#var-stdenv-checkFlags} |