From 58dd552fa63b38a4060f7e5001eef666def6d365 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:11:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] maint: "make distcheck" now runs the root-only tests

* Makefile.am (root-check): New overridable variable and rule.
(distcheck-hook): Depend on it.
---
 Makefile.am | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3a69832..39c1d01 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@ parted.spec: parted.spec.in
 	mv $@-tmp $@
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = parted.spec
 
-distcheck-hook:
+.PHONY: root-check
+root-check:
+	sudo $(MAKE) check
+
+# Not everyone who runs "make distcheck" will want to or even
+# be able to run the root tests.  If you want to skip them,
+# run make like this: "make distcheck root-check="
+root-check ?= root-check
+distcheck-hook: $(root-check)
 	$(MAKE) my-distcheck
 
 ### ABI Checking scripts ###
-- 
2.11.0