* add ./debug and ./release scripts

* update the messages
* rename EIGEN_CMAKE_RUN_FROM_CTEST to something saner

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ add_subdirectory(doc EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 include(CTest)
 enable_testing() # must be called from the root CMakeLists, see man page
-if(EIGEN_CMAKE_RUN_FROM_CTEST)
+if(EIGEN_LEAVE_TEST_IN_ALL_TARGET)
 add_subdirectory(test) # can't do EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL here, breaks CTest
-else(EIGEN_CMAKE_RUN_FROM_CTEST)
+else()
 add_subdirectory(test EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-endif(EIGEN_CMAKE_RUN_FROM_CTEST)
+endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(unsupported)
 
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ add_subdirectory(demos EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 add_subdirectory(blas EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
+add_subdirectory(scripts EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 # TODO: consider also replacing EIGEN_BUILD_BTL by a custom target "make btl"?
 if(EIGEN_BUILD_BTL)
   add_subdirectory(bench/btl EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
@@ -155,16 +157,18 @@ message("Configured Eigen ${EIGEN_VERSION_NUMBER}")
 
 string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" cmake_generator_tolower)
 if(cmake_generator_tolower MATCHES "makefile")
-  message("You can now do the following:")
+  message("Some things you can do now:")
   message("--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------")
   message("Command       |   Description")
   message("--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------")
   message("make install  | Install to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
   message("              | * To change that: cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=yourpath")
-  message("make btest    | Build the unit tests")
-  message("make test     | Build and run the unit tests (using CTest)")
-  message("make test_qr  | Build a specific test, here test_qr.")
-  message("make blas     | Build BLAS library (not the same thing as Eigen)")
   message("make doc      | Generate the API documentation, requires Doxygen & LaTeX")
+  message("make blas     | Build BLAS library (not the same thing as Eigen)")
   message("--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------")
 endif()
+
+message("")
+message("To build/run the unit tests, read this page:")
+message("  http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Tests")
+message("")

cmake/EigenTesting.cmake

@@ -138,15 +138,12 @@ macro(ei_testing_print_summary)
   message("***    Eigen's unit tests configuration summary          ***")
   message("************************************************************")
   message("")
-  message("Build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
-  message("  * To change that: cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type")
-  message("  * Available types are Debug and Release")
-  message("")
+  message("Build type:        ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
   get_property(EIGEN_TESTING_SUMMARY GLOBAL PROPERTY EIGEN_TESTING_SUMMARY)
   get_property(EIGEN_TESTED_BACKENDS GLOBAL PROPERTY EIGEN_TESTED_BACKENDS)
   get_property(EIGEN_MISSING_BACKENDS GLOBAL PROPERTY EIGEN_MISSING_BACKENDS)
-  message("Enabled backends:      ${EIGEN_TESTED_BACKENDS}")
-  message("Disabled backends:     ${EIGEN_MISSING_BACKENDS}")
+  message("Enabled backends:  ${EIGEN_TESTED_BACKENDS}")
+  message("Disabled backends: ${EIGEN_MISSING_BACKENDS}")
 
   if(EIGEN_TEST_SSE2)
     message("SSE2:              ON")

scripts/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+configure_file(maketests.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maketests)
+configure_file(mctestr.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/mctestr)
+configure_file(debug.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/debug)
+configure_file(release.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release)

scripts/debug.in

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .

scripts/release.in

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .

test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -162,6 +162,3 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 ei_add_property(EIGEN_TESTING_SUMMARY "CXX_FLAGS:         ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}\n")
 ei_add_property(EIGEN_TESTING_SUMMARY "Sparse lib flags:  ${SPARSE_LIBS}\n")
-
-configure_file(maketests.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/maketests)
-configure_file(mctestr.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/mctestr)

test/testsuite.cmake

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ endif(NOT EIGEN_NO_UPDATE)
 # which ctest command to use for running the dashboard
 SET (CTEST_COMMAND "${EIGEN_CMAKE_DIR}ctest -D ${EIGEN_MODE}")
 # what cmake command to use for configuring this dashboard
-SET (CTEST_CMAKE_COMMAND "${EIGEN_CMAKE_DIR}cmake -DEIGEN_CMAKE_RUN_FROM_CTEST=ON")
+SET (CTEST_CMAKE_COMMAND "${EIGEN_CMAKE_DIR}cmake -DEIGEN_LEAVE_TEST_IN_ALL_TARGET=ON")
 
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 # The values in this section are optional you can either