Add generic_check function and add new default check target to build.sh.

The check target is excluded from the all target since it can often take a
very long time to run.

build.sh.functions

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ all()
     for METHOD in $METHODS 
     do
         case $METHOD in
-             all*|*clean) ;;
+             all*|*clean|check) ;;
              *) $METHOD
                 ;;
         esac

build.sh.generic

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ build()
     generic_build
 }
 
+reg check
+check()
+{
+    generic_check
+}
+
 reg install
 install()
 {

buildpkg.functions

@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ generic_configure=1
 # We default to an empty string so the default target will be built
 make_build_target=""
 
+# Allow overriding the make target for running the testsuite
+# We default to 'check'
+make_check_target="check"
+
 # Allow skipping the configure run
 no_configure=0
 
@@ -686,6 +690,14 @@ generic_build()
     fi
 }
 
+# generic_check(): Run the check target
+# params: $1 = dir to descend to *inside* "source" - optional
+generic_check()
+{
+    setdir ${srcdir}/${topsrcdir}/$1
+    $MAKE_PROG -k $(_upls $make_check_target)
+}
+
 # generic_build_perl(): Build a perl module from source
 # params: same as generic_build
 # This is based on code ripped out of a RPM specfile generated