[Bug testsuite/103324] New: RFE: Add a `make quickcheck` or `make smoketest` Makefile target to allow only running a portion of the testsuite

[egallager at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103324

            Bug ID: 103324
           Summary: RFE: Add a `make quickcheck` or `make smoketest`
                    Makefile target to allow only running a portion of the
                    testsuite
           Product: gcc
           Version: 12.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: testsuite
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: egallager at gcc dot gnu.org
                CC: mikestump at comcast dot net, ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE
  Target Milestone: ---

The GCC testsuite is very big, and running it can take a long time. It would be
nice if there were alternate `check` or `test` targets that could be used to
run just a random sampling of the testsuite, or just a subset of the testsuite
that is known to run quickly, for cases when I am feeling impatient and only
need to verify that basic functionality works, without checking for every
possible regression. I have seen other people mentioning that patches "seem to
work ok after smoketesting" so it would be nice if their method of smoketesting
were actually available for the rest of us to use.