My test will fail if the gold output file is missing but otherwise it seems to always succeed. I just branched this from master. Any ideas? (base) 11:37 adams/landau-cleanup *= ~/Codes/petsc$ *rm* src/ts/utils/dmplexlandau/tutorials/output/ex2_0.out remove src/ts/utils/dmplexlandau/tutorials/output/ex2_0.out? y (base) 11:37 adams/landau-cleanup *= ~/Codes/petsc$ *touch* /Users/markadams/Codes/petsc/src/ts/utils/dmplexlandau/tutorials/output/ex2_0.out (base) 11:45 2 adams/landau-cleanup *= ~/Codes/petsc$ *make -f gmakefile --debug test search='ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0'* GNU Make 3.81 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This program built for i386-apple-darwin11.3.0 Reading makefiles... Updating goal targets.... File `test' does not exist. File `report_tests' does not exist. File `starttime' does not exist. File `pre-clean' does not exist. Must remake target `pre-clean'. Using MAKEFLAGS: --debug=basic -- search=ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0 Successfully remade target file `pre-clean'. Must remake target `starttime'. Successfully remade target file `starttime'. File `ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0' does not exist. File `arch-macosx-gnu-g/tests/counts/ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0.counts' does not exist. Must remake target `arch-macosx-gnu-g/tests/counts/ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0.counts'. TEST arch-macosx-gnu-g/tests/counts/ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0.counts ok ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0 ok diff-ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0 Successfully remade target file `arch-macosx-gnu-g/tests/counts/ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0.counts'. Must remake target `ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0'. Successfully remade target file `ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0'. Must remake target `report_tests'. # ------------- # Summary # ------------- # success 2/2 tests (100.0%) # failed 0/2 tests (0.0%) # todo 0/2 tests (0.0%) # skip 0/2 tests (0.0%) # # Wall clock time for tests: 7 sec # Approximate CPU time (not incl. build time): 6.97 sec # # Timing summary (actual test time / total CPU time): # ts_utils_dmplexlandau_tutorials-ex2_0: 6.45 sec / 6.97 sec Successfully remade target file `report_tests'. Must remake target `test'. Successfully remade target file `test'.