For a long time, I've wanted to be able to easily run one or a few

individual tests.  I finally got myself to implement it...

Makefile.org

@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ SDIRS=  \
 	buffer bio stack lhash rand err objects \
 	evp asn1 pem x509 x509v3 conf txt_db pkcs7 pkcs12 comp ocsp
 
+# tests to perform.  "alltests" is a special word indicating that all tests
+# should be performed.
+TESTS = alltests
+
 MAKEFILE= Makefile.ssl
 MAKE=     make -f Makefile.ssl
 
@@ -374,7 +378,7 @@ test:   tests
 
 tests: rehash
 	@(cd test && echo "testing..." && \
-	$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' tests );
+	$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' TESTS='${TESTS}' tests );
 	@apps/openssl version -a
 
 report:

test/Makefile.ssl

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ SSLTEST=	ssltest
 RSATEST=	rsa_test
 ENGINETEST=	enginetest
 
+TESTS=		alltests
+
 EXE=	$(BNTEST) $(IDEATEST) $(MD2TEST)  $(MD4TEST) $(MD5TEST) $(HMACTEST) \
 	$(RC2TEST) $(RC4TEST) $(RC5TEST) \
 	$(DESTEST) $(SHATEST) $(SHA1TEST) $(MDC2TEST) $(RMDTEST) \
@@ -101,7 +103,12 @@ install:
 tags:
 	ctags $(SRC)
 
-tests:	exe apps \
+tests:	exe apps $(TESTS)
+
+apps:
+	@(cd ../apps; $(MAKE)  CC='${CC}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' all)
+
+alltests: \
 	test_des test_idea test_sha test_md4 test_md5 test_hmac \
 	test_md2 test_mdc2 \
 	test_rmd test_rc2 test_rc4 test_rc5 test_bf test_cast \
@@ -109,9 +116,6 @@ tests:	exe apps \
 	test_gen test_req test_pkcs7 test_verify test_dh test_dsa \
 	test_ss test_ca test_engine test_ssl test_rd
 
-apps:
-	@(cd ../apps; $(MAKE)  CC='${CC}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' all)
-
 test_des:
 	./$(DESTEST)