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After configuring, they can be run with `make check`.
-To run the bitcoind tests manually, launch `src/test/test_bitcoin`.
+To run the bitcoind tests manually, launch `src/test/test_bitcoin`. To recompile
+after a test file was modified, run `make` and then run the test again. If you
+modify a non-test file, use `make -C src/test` to recompile only what's needed
+to run the bitcoind tests.
To add more bitcoind tests, add `BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE` functions to the existing
.cpp files in the `test/` directory or add new .cpp files that