[CMake] "make test" to run tests in parallel in CMake 2.8?

[Michael Wild]

On 02/28/2011 03:03 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would have expected this naively to be a FAQ already, but the almighty
> G****e wasn't particularly helpful. If I *have* missed the answer
> somehow, please accept my apologies and I'd appreciate a brief pointer
> to the right place to find it:
> 
> I'm investigating upgrading our build system from CMake 2.6.4 to 2.8.4
> for (among other things) its touted ability to run tests in parallel.
> Indeed, "ctest -j12" on an 8-way machine works just fine. However, I
> seem to be unable to find a way to invoke this behavior from make: "make
> -j12 test" is apparently just, "make test" with more typing.
> 
> Is there some CMAKE variable I should have provided to enable this
> behavior, something else I should have done? Or is parallel test
> behavior just not available without invoking ctest explicitly? If this
> is the case, is something planned for future releases?
> 
> Thanks for your help and time,
> 
> Chris Green.

Try this:

make test ARGS=-j12


Michael