Added comment about the need to enable pnm. Made output easier to read.

Henning Meier-Geinitz <henning@meier-geinitz.de>

testsuite/Makefile.in

@@ -4,15 +4,22 @@ DEVICE    = pnm:0
 OPTIONS   = --filename=$(TESTFILE)
 
 all: Makefile
-	echo "Use 'make test' to run the tests."
+	@echo "Use 'make test' to run the tests."
 
 test: Makefile test.local
 
 test.local: 
-	if $(SCANIMAGE) -d $(DEVICE) $(OPTIONS) -T && \
+	@echo "Testing $(SCANIMAGE) with device $(DEVICE)"
+	@if echo "Trying flatbed scanner" && \
+	  $(SCANIMAGE) -d $(DEVICE) $(OPTIONS) -T && \
+	  echo "Trying three pass flatbed scanner" && \
 	  $(SCANIMAGE) -d $(DEVICE) $(OPTIONS) --three-pass=yes   -T && \
+	  echo "Trying hand scanner" && \
 	  $(SCANIMAGE) -d $(DEVICE) $(OPTIONS) --hand-scanner=yes -T ; \
-	then : ; else echo ; echo; echo "Something failed"; fi
+	then echo ; echo ; echo "All tests passed" ; \
+	else echo ; echo; \
+	echo "Something failed (maybe pnm backend not enabled by configure?)";\
+	fi
 
 # Generate new Makefile when something changes
 Makefile: Makefile.in ../config.status

testsuite/README

@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ This is a test framework for the Scanner Access Now Easy project
 everything without installing, to make sure a new distribution is
 function properly before the old one is replaced.  If it isn't, please
 fix the bug. :-)
+
+The current test needs the pnm backend. Hint: 
+"configure --enable-pnm-backend".