get testing working in autoconf

Makefile.am

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # setup is only used by distribution developers, not package developers.
 # Still, as a matter of allowing patching, its not a bad idea to distribute 
 # the developer setup script in the tarball.
-EXTRA_DIST = setup.sh config.h.in ChangeLog VERSION lexer.l lexer.h gen_utf8_tables.py jq.spec
+EXTRA_DIST = setup.sh config.h.in ChangeLog VERSION lexer.l lexer.h gen_utf8_tables.py jq.spec testdata
 
 # README.md is expected in Github projects, good stuff in it, so we'll 
 # distribute it and install it with the package in the doc directory.
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = jq jq_test
 BUILT_SOURCES = jv_utf8_tables.gen.h lexer.h lexer.c
 jq_SOURCES = $(JQ_SRC) main.c
 jq_CPPFLAGS = $(DEVCFLAGS) -O -DJQ_DEBUG=0
-jq_CFLAGS = $(DEVCFLAGS) -O -DJQ_DEBUG=0
 
 
 TESTS = jq_test
 jq_test_SOURCES = $(JQ_SRC) jq_test.c
 jq_test_CPPFLAGS = $(DEVCFLAGS) -DJQ_DEBUG=1
-jq_test_CFLAGS = $(DEVCFLAGS) -DJQ_DEBUG=1
 LOG_COMPILER = valgrind
 AM_LOG_FLAGS = --error-exitcode=1 -q --leak-check=full
 

README

@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ README file is not used, README.md is the file to READ!
 
 When you checkout the file, run "setup.sh" which gets autoconf initialized.
 Then follow the instructions in INSTALL.  Real standard stuff...
+
+
+   $ ./setup.sh             # initializes Autoconf and builds your release
+   $ ./setup.sh clean       # cleans all the temp files out of your tree
+   $ ./setup.sh superclean  # deletes your release files so you can try again

jq_test.c

@@ -24,10 +24,21 @@ static int skipline(const char* buf) {
 }
 
 static void run_jq_tests() {
-  FILE* testdata = fopen("testdata","r");
+  FILE* testdata = NULL;
   char buf[4096];
   int tests = 0, passed = 0;
 
+  testdata = fopen("testdata","r");
+  if ( NULL == testdata )
+  {
+    /* in an autoconf distcheck, the binary file will be in a _build subdirectory */
+    testdata = fopen("../testdata", "r");
+    if ( NULL == testdata )
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Could not find testdata file\n");
+      exit(1);
+    }
+  }
   while (1) {
     if (!fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), testdata)) break;
     if (skipline(buf)) continue;

setup.sh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ elif [ "superclean" == "$1" ]; then
       chmod -R u+w jq-${ver}
       rm -rf jq-${ver}
     fi
-    rm -f jq-${ver}.*
+    rm -f jq-${ver}*
   fi
 else
   autoreconf --install