build test-binaries by default and add a test target to toplevel

Makefile

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ endif
 .PHONY: default
 default: startup all
 
-.PHONY: headers library clean veryclean all binary program doc
-all headers library clean veryclean binary program doc dirs:
+.PHONY: headers library clean veryclean all binary program doc test
+all headers library clean veryclean binary program doc dirs test:
 	$(MAKE) -C apt-pkg $@
 	$(MAKE) -C apt-inst $@
 	$(MAKE) -C methods $@
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ all headers library clean veryclean binary program doc dirs:
 	$(MAKE) -C dselect $@
 	$(MAKE) -C doc $@
 	$(MAKE) -C po $@
+	$(MAKE) -C test $@
 
 # Some very common aliases
 .PHONY: maintainer-clean dist-clean distclean pristine sanity 

buildlib/defaults.mak

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ MKDIRS := $(BIN)
 all: dirs binary doc
 binary: library program
 maintainer-clean dist-clean distclean pristine sanity: veryclean
-headers library clean veryclean program:
+headers library clean veryclean program test:
 
 veryclean:
 	echo Very Clean done for $(SUBDIR)

test/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- make -*-
+
+# This is the top level test makefile for APT, it recurses to each lower
+# level make file and runs it with the proper target
+ifndef NOISY
+.SILENT:
+endif
+
+.PHONY: headers library clean veryclean all binary program doc
+all clean veryclean binary program dirs:
+	$(MAKE) -C libapt $@
+	$(MAKE) -C interactive-helper $@
+
+# Some very common aliases
+.PHONY: maintainer-clean dist-clean distclean pristine sanity
+maintainer-clean dist-clean distclean pristine sanity: veryclean
+
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	./libapt/run-tests