A default test is generated for a native executable

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I have a C++ native library and an executable (which links with the library) in my project. I’d like to add unit tests only for the library. In my build.gradle file, I have

components {
mylibrary(NativeLibrarySpec) {
…
}
myexecutable(NativeExecutableSpec) {
…
}

  binaries {
    withType(GoogleTestTestSuiteBinarySpec) {
    ...
    }

I don’t have any test code for the executable. However, a default test still gets generated by gradle. All it does is call the executable with no parameters, so when I run gradle build, I get

:runMyexecutableTestGoogleTestExe

which introduces a test failure.

Gradle Version: 3.1
Operating System and JVM version: Ubuntu
Is this a regression? If yes, which version of Gradle do you know it last worked for? no

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Thanks for the report Natalya. We are discussing the best way forward to fix that unexpected behavior. I will keep you informed.