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@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ Some tests might take long time to run. In order to summarize the
make SUMMARIZE_TESTS=<nn> ...
+The backtrace of failing tests are truncated to the default value of
+'ert-batch-backtrace-right-margin'. To see more of the backtrace, use
+
+ make TEST_BACKTRACE_LINE_LENGTH=<nn> ...
+
The tests are run in batch mode by default; sometimes it's useful to
get precisely the same environment but run in interactive mode for
debugging. To do that, use