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diff --git a/src/tests/all.mk b/src/tests/all.mk
index 82e6d9cfc6392efa082bc93181db3085be104318..6bac042d729f72cf0295a12570d53fb8e7d65a6c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tests/all.mk
+++ b/src/tests/all.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-ifneq "$(findstring test,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" ""
+#
+#  The tests do a lot of rooting through files, which slows down non-test builds.
+#
+#  Therefore only include the test subdirectories if we're running the tests.
+#  Or, if we're trying to clean things up.
+#
+ifneq "$(findstring test,$(MAKECMDGOALS))$(findstring clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" ""
 SUBMAKEFILES := rbmonkey.mk eapol_test/all.mk dict/all.mk trie/all.mk unit/all.mk map/all.mk xlat/all.mk keywords/all.mk util/all.mk auth/all.mk modules/all.mk bin/all.mk daemon/all.mk 
 endif