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Re: [FYI] Fix bug in test `backcompat4.test' (stale autom4te cache)
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Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: [FYI] Fix bug in test `backcompat4.test' (stale autom4te cache) |
Date: |
Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:50:10 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2010-08-04) |
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 12:30:56PM CET:
> Wouldn't this report have been better suited for bug-automake, especially
> now that you've gone through the hassle of setting that up as a real bug
> tracker?
Sure, I guess.
> > backcompat4.test is failing for me, see below. This is with Autoconf
> > 2.68.
> Yes, I'm experiencing similar non-deterministic failures:
> I think it's due to the fact that backcompat4.test don't remove
> the old autom4te cache directory before re-running aclocal and
> automake. With the attached patch applied, I've not encounterd
> the intermittent failure anymore in 100 tries. So I've applied
> the patch as a "bug-fixing patch" (as explained in HACKING),
> merged to master, and pushed.
Thanks; I agree.
Ralf