1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 06e5b065701..57e29d7f983 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -921,22 +921,16 @@ extraclean: $(extraclean_dirs:=_extraclean)
 TAGS tags: lib lib-src src
         $(MAKE) -C src tags
 
-
-check-maybe: all
+.PHONY: have-tests
+have-tests:
         @if test ! -d test; then \
           echo "You do not seem to have the test/ directory."; \
           echo "Maybe you are using a release tarfile, rather than a repository checkout."; \
-        else \
-          $(MAKE) -C test check-maybe; \
+         exit 1; \
         fi
 
-check: all
-        @if test ! -d test; then \
-          echo "You do not seem to have the test/ directory."; \
-          echo "Maybe you are using a release tarfile, rather than a repository checkout."; \
-        else \
-          $(MAKE) -C test check; \
-        fi
+check check-maybe: have-tests all
+        $(MAKE) -C test $@
 
 dist:
         cd ${srcdir}; ./make-dist