Re: autoconf-2.52 error?

[Stefan Illner]

On 24 Sep 2001 18:50:41 +0200
Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> | Running "autoconf" results in:
> | 
> |  configure.ac:6: /usr/bin/m4: Warning: Too few arguments to built-in 
> `m4_patsubst'
> |  configure.ac:6: /usr/bin/m4: Warning: Too few arguments to built-in `m4_if'

> 
> What does autoconf -t m4_patsubst gives?  Did you run the test suite?
> 

address@hidden:/home/stillner/src/proj2 > autoconf -t m4_patsubst
address@hidden:/home/stillner/src/proj2 > echo $?
1


and


make[2]: Wechsel in das Verzeichnis Verzeichnis 
»/usr/src/packages/autoconf-2.52d/tests«
../autom4te --language=autotest -I . suite.at -o testsuite.tmp
mv testsuite.tmp testsuite
/bin/sh ./testsuite
## --------------------------------- ##
## Test suite for GNU Autoconf 2.52d ##
## --------------------------------- ##
../testsuite: line 27141: syntax error near unexpected token `(s'
../testsuite: line 27141: `        77) at_msg="ok (skipped near \``cat 
at-check-line`')"'
make[2]: *** [check-local] Fehler 2


The corresponding part in "testsuite" is following. I marked the above mentioned
line 27141 with ~~~ at the beginning.

####################################################################################
$at_traceon


    $at_times >at-times
    )
    at_status=$?
    ;;


  * )
    echo $as_me: no such test: $at_test
    continue
    ;;
  esac
  case $at_test in
    banner-*) ;;
    *)
      if test ! -f at-check-line; then
        sed "s/^ */$as_me: warning: /" <<_ATEOF
        A failure happened in a test group before any test could be
        run. This means that test suite is improperly designed.  Please
        report this failure to <$at_bugreport>.
_ATEOF
        echo "$at_setup_line" >at-check-line
      fi
      at_test_count=`expr 1 + $at_test_count`
      $at_verbose $at_n "$at_test. $srcdir/$at_setup_line: $at_c"
      case $at_status in
        0) at_msg="ok"
           ;;
~~~     77) at_msg="ok (skipped near \``cat at-check-line`')"
            at_skip_list="$at_skip_list $at_test"
            ;;
        *) at_msg="FAILED near \``cat at-check-line`'"
           at_fail_list="$at_fail_list $at_test"
           ;;
      esac
      echo $at_msg
      at_log_msg="$at_test. $srcdir/$at_setup_line: $at_msg"
      # If the test failed, at-times is not available.
      test -f at-times && at_log_msg="$at_log_msg       (`sed 1d at-times`)"
      echo "$at_log_msg" >&6
      $at_stop_on_error && test -n "$at_fail_list" && break
      ;;
  esac
done
##############################################################################

It seems to me that at the beginning of this block there are some parts
missing. Is there anybody who can compare this piece of code with that
of a working autoconf?

TIA,

  stillner