Use separate script file to test conda package.

Author: pavoljuhas

conda-recipe/meta.yaml

@@ -26,14 +26,11 @@ requirements:
 
 test:
   requires:
+    - cxxtest
     - scons
 
-  commands:
-    # Run unit-test program with the installed shared library.
-    # Make sure tests cannot use library file from the source directory.
-    - scons -C "$SRC_DIR" --clean lib
-    - ALLTESTSFAST=$(ls -t ${SRC_DIR}/build/fast*/tests/alltests | head -1)
-    - "${ALLTESTSFAST}"
+  # commands:
+    # Execute the run_test.sh script.
 
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conda-recipe/run_test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+MYNCPU=$(( (CPU_COUNT > 8) ? 8 : CPU_COUNT ))
+
+# Remove unit tests from the build phase.
+scons -C "$SRC_DIR" --clean lib alltests
+
+# Build the unit tests program using the installed library.
+scons -C "$SRC_DIR" -j $MYNCPU alltests prefix=$PREFIX test_installed=true
+
+# Execute the unit tests.
+MYALLTESTSFAST=$(ls -t ${SRC_DIR}/build/fast*/tests/alltests | head -1)
+${MYALLTESTSFAST}