Added test to check that "make install" installs the expected set of files.

doc/NEWS.md

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 0.0.20230801-UNRELEASED
 
   * cleanup: added a test for terminal width detection to "`make test`"
+  * cleanup: added a test to "`make test`" to ensure that "`make install`" installs everything expected
 
 1.7.24 - 30 July 2023
 

tests/Bug_-_Install_all_files.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Test that "make install" installs the expected minimum set of files.
+
+# Dummy assignments for "shellcheck".
+testSubject="${testSubject:-false}"; workFile1="${workFile1:-.tmp1}"
+
+makeDir="${testSubject%/*}"
+if ! test -d "${makeDir}"; then
+	echo "could not find the directory to run \`make' in"
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+makeCommand=$(command -v gmake 2>/dev/null)
+test -z "${makeCommand}" && makeCommand="make"
+
+testInstallDir=$(mktemp -d)
+if ! test -n "${testInstallDir}"; then
+	echo "failed to create temporary installation directory"
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+export DESTDIR="${testInstallDir}"
+if ! ${makeCommand} -C "${makeDir}" install DESTDIR="${testInstallDir}" >"${workFile1}" 2>&1; then
+	echo "\`make install' exited $?"
+	rm -rf "${testInstallDir}"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+exitStatus=0
+if ! find "${testInstallDir}" -type f -name "pv.1*" | grep -Fq "pv.1"; then
+	echo "installation of man page failed"
+	exitStatus=1
+fi
+if ! find "${testInstallDir}" -type f -name "pv*" | grep -Fv "pv.1" | grep -Fq "pv"; then
+	echo "installation of binary failed"
+	exitStatus=1
+fi
+
+# Only check for message catalogue files if any were defined in the Makefile.
+if grep "^CATALOGS" "${makeDir}/Makefile" 2>/dev/null | cut -d = -f 2 | grep -Fq .mo; then
+	if ! find "${testInstallDir}" -type f -name "*.mo" | grep -Fq ".mo"; then
+		echo "installation of localisation files failed"
+		exitStatus=1
+	fi
+else
+	# There should always be some message catalogue files defined.
+	echo "no localisation files defined in the Makefile (\$CATALOGS is empty)"
+	exitStatus=1
+fi
+
+rm -rf "${testInstallDir}"
+exit "${exitStatus}"
+
+# EOF