From 0736855c3d867fe6aae2f3f0d64a8d795afdebf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Crail <jbcrail@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 16:59:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add a new makefile rule to check for test errors.

This rule will test each program, ignore all output, and return pass or
fail depending on whether the test has errors. This is the equivalent of
"make build-check", but for tests.
---
 Makefile  | 11 +++++++++++
 README.md |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b6b635ca..eda4eff99 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -386,4 +386,15 @@ build-check:
 		fi; \
 	done
 
+# This rule will test each program, ignore all output, and return pass
+# or fail depending on whether the test has errors.
+test-check:
+	@for prog in $(sort $(TEST_PROGS)); do \
+		make TEST="$$prog" test >/dev/null 2>&1; status=$$?; \
+		if [ $$status -eq 0 ]; \
+		then printf "%-10s\t\033[1;32mpass\033[00;m\n" $$prog; \
+		else printf "%-10s\t\033[1;31mfail\033[00;m\n" $$prog; \
+		fi; \
+	done
+
 .PHONY: $(TEMPDIR) all deps test distclean clean busytest install uninstall
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8349bfe4b..d84f0f383 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ To check all available utilities for build errors:
 make build-check
 ```
 
+To check all available tests for errors:
+```
+make test-check
+```
+
 Installation Instructions
 -------------------------