make clean before make test

diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index a3dcb930f05890fe3cd909979193459a61d39129..75232efa81cb6a782fb085c3a7feedb6bc68ee55 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ SUBDIRS = \
        test-string-r \
        test-yyextra
 
-test:
+# clean up before running the test suite so we dont test old builds of test code
+
+test: clean
        NOK=;\
        NFAIL=;\
        for dir in $(SUBDIRS) ; do \