Re: automake 1.6 test failures

[Dave Brondsema]

--- Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>> "Dave" == Dave Brondsema <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>  Dave> dirforbid.test and pr300-ltlib.test fail after
>  Dave> ./configure
>  Dave> make
>  Dave> make check
> 
>  Dave> cygwin on windows XP
>  Dave> uname -a = CYGWIN_NT-5.1 DPB2 1.3.10(0.51/3/2)
> 2002-02-25 11:14
>  Dave> i686 unknown
>  Dave> libtool 1.4e
>  Dave> autoconf 1.52
>  Dave> gcc 3.0.4
> 
> Assuming you meant Autoconf 2.52, you should see three other
> failures in Automake 1.6's test suite.  Is that Autoconf 2.53?
> 

I downloaded and installed 2.53, but autoconf -V says 2.52

> [...]
> 
>  Dave> Makefile.am:1: invalid variable `lib_HEADERS'
>  Dave> FAIL: dirforbid.test
> 
> What shell are you using?  This looks similar to PR/305 (if
> so,
> this should be fixed in CVS Automake, could you try that?)

bash.  i'll try the CVS version

> 
> [...]
> 
>  Dave> /usr/bin/install -c subdir/.libs/liba.a
> /tmp/automake-1.6/tests/testSubDir/inst/lib/liba.a
>  Dave> strip --strip-debug
> /tmp/automake-1.6/tests/testSubDir/inst/lib/liba.a
>  Dave> strip:
> /tmp/automake-1.6/tests/testSubDir/inst/lib/sta02140/a.o:
> Permission denied
> 
> [...]
> 
> I don't understand this.  Maybe you could check the
> permissions
> of this library, try to strip it manually?
> 
> It seems bogus to run "strip" after "install", because the
> former may have installed the library read-only (when given
> appropriate flags, which doesn't appear to be the case here).
> 

I don't know why it's did that.  It was part of the test.


> [...]
> -- 
> Alexandre Duret-Lutz
> 
> 


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