Re: Failure? in autoconf-2.49b testing

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello, Vin!

> I built and ran make check on autoconf-2.49b.  Most of the tests
> passed, but here are the tests which did not return ok:

This means that you don't have something necessary for that test. For
example, if you don't have a Fortran compiler you cannot test
Fortran-related macros.

The testsuite prints a banner explaining that. The testsuite doesn't use
the word "fail" when it ignores a test.

I think we did everything to prevent you from thinking that it's a
failure. However, the testsuite does not and should not conceal the fact
that it's ignoring a test.

> 29. ../../../src/autoconf-2.49b/tests/compile.at:119    ignored near
>     `compile.at:119'

Well, this is slightly too long. The testsuite should not print "near
`compile.at:119'". I'll fix it for the next version.

Thank you for testing Autoconf.

Regards,
Pavel Roskin