Tests can now be easily run with both shell and Ninja.

generators.py

@@ -596,6 +596,8 @@ echo Run compile.sh before this or bad things will happen.
             linker = self.build.compilers[0] # Fixme.
         commands = []
         commands += linker.get_exelist()
+        if isinstance(target, interpreter.StaticLibrary):
+            commands += linker.get_std_link_flags()
         commands += linker.get_output_flags()
         commands.append(outname)
         commands += obj_list
@@ -605,7 +607,7 @@ echo Run compile.sh before this or bad things will happen.
             commands += linker.get_std_shared_lib_link_flags()
             commands += linker.get_pic_flags()
         elif isinstance(target, interpreter.StaticLibrary):
-            commands += linker.get_std_link_flags()
+            pass
         else:
             raise RuntimeError('Unknown build target type.')
         for dep in target.get_external_deps():

run_tests.py

@@ -19,10 +19,18 @@ import os, subprocess, shutil
 
 test_build_dir = 'work area'
 install_dir = os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0], 'install dir')
+use_shell = True
 builder_command = './builder.py'
-compile_commands = ['compile.sh']
-test_commands = ['run_tests.sh']
-install_commands = ['install.sh']
+if use_shell:
+    generator_flags = []
+    compile_commands = ['compile.sh']
+    test_commands = ['run_tests.sh']
+    install_commands = ['install.sh']
+else:
+    generator_flags = ['--generator', 'ninja']
+    compile_commands = ['ninja']
+    test_commands = ['ninja', 'test']
+    install_commands = ['ninja', 'install']
 
 def run_test(testdir):
     shutil.rmtree(test_build_dir)
@@ -30,7 +38,8 @@ def run_test(testdir):
     os.mkdir(test_build_dir)
     os.mkdir(install_dir)
     print('Running test: ' + testdir)
-    p = subprocess.Popen([builder_command, '--prefix', install_dir, testdir, test_build_dir])
+    p = subprocess.Popen([builder_command, '--prefix', install_dir, testdir, test_build_dir] +\
+                         generator_flags)
     p.wait()
     if p.returncode != 0:
         raise RuntimeError('Generating the build system failed.')