Build examples (that are not needed for testing) when 'make all'.

examples/Makefile.am

 SUBDIRS = pio
 
-check_PROGRAMS = \
+noinst_PROGRAMS = \
   cdi_append \
   cdi_copy \
   cdi_read \
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
   cdi_write_local \
   cdi_write_relativ
 
+check_PROGRAMS =
+
 if ENABLE_NETCDF
 check_PROGRAMS += cdi_write_const
 endif

examples/pio/Makefile.am

-check_PROGRAMS = \
+noinst_PROGRAMS = \
   collectData \
   collectDataNStreams
 
 if ENABLE_MPI
-check_PROGRAMS += compareResourcesArray
+noinst_PROGRAMS += compareResourcesArray
 endif ENABLE_MPI
 
 if ENABLE_CF_INTERFACE
-check_PROGRAMS += collectData2003
+noinst_PROGRAMS += collectData2003
 endif ENABLE_CF_INTERFACE
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src