Example 'make check'

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-INSTALL
+.deps
+.dirstamp
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ configure
 depcomp
 install-sh
 missing
-src/.deps/
 src/Makefile
 src/Makefile.in
 src/*.o
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@ src/myexecutable
 stamp-h1
 *~
 myexecutable
-.dirstamp
-
+test-driver
+test-suite.log
+tests/*.o
+testsuite
+testsuite.log
+testsuite.trs

Makefile.am

@@ -4,3 +4,14 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = myexecutable
 myexecutable_SOURCES = \
                        src/main.c
 myexecutable_CFLAGS = #--std=c11 # CFLAGS applicable to myexecutable_SOURCES
+
+# Tests
+# 'check' comes from 'make check'
+check_PROGRAMS = testsuite # will generate and run testsuite exec
+
+testsuite_CFLAGS = $(DEPS_CFLAGS) # DEPS_* are filled by PKG_CHECK_MODULES 
+testsuite_LIBS = $(DEPS_LIBS)     # in configure.ac
+
+testsuite_SOURCES = tests/test.c
+TESTS = testsuite
+

configure.ac

@@ -44,5 +44,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([stdlib.h])
 # Checks for library functions.
 
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([DEPS], [glib-2.0 >= 2.24.1]) # use pkg-config to fill DEPS_CFLAGS and DEPS_LIBS
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT

tests/test.c

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  printf("Write some tests!!! Failing!\n");
+  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  return 0;
+}