X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/5874cd46e9cd8b20c61190ad56055d73816c2303..354a1fc38d6d4bf93db30c6e3048437dd3fbc19f:/Makefile.in

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 9ab1f768da..06e5b06570 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -921,6 +921,15 @@ extraclean: $(extraclean_dirs:=_extraclean)
 TAGS tags: lib lib-src src
 	$(MAKE) -C src tags
 
+
+check-maybe: all
+	@if test ! -d test; then \
+	  echo "You do not seem to have the test/ directory."; \
+	  echo "Maybe you are using a release tarfile, rather than a repository checkout."; \
+	else \
+	  $(MAKE) -C test check-maybe; \
+	fi
+
 check: all
 	@if test ! -d test; then \
 	  echo "You do not seem to have the test/ directory."; \
@@ -943,7 +952,7 @@ $(DOCS):
 	$(MAKE) -C doc/$(subst -, ,$@)
 
 .PHONY: $(DOCS) docs pdf ps
-.PHONY: info dvi dist check html info-real info-dir check-info
+.PHONY: info dvi dist check check-maybe html info-real info-dir check-info
 
 ## TODO add etc/refcards.
 docs: $(DOCS)