autoconf 2.49c AC_CACHE_CHECK failure

[Nicolas Joly]

Hi,

I just tried CVS autoconf on Tru64 unix v5.1 computer and noticed a
failure of AC_CACHE_CHECK if an autoconf site file exists in default
prefix location `/usr/local'. without this `config.site' defaults file
all tests are successful.

address@hidden [~]> cat /usr/local/share/config.site 
## Autoconf default configuration file

## Compilers
test "x$CC" = "x" && CC=cc
test "x$CXX" = "x" && CXX=cxx
test "x$F77" = "x" && F77=f77

Here follow the `testsuite.log' file :

========================================
Testing suite log for GNU Autoconf 2.49d
========================================

Failed tests:
  23: base.at:205     AC_CACHE_CHECK

Skipped tests:
 148: foreign.at:9    Autoconf & Libtool

## ---------- ##
## Platform.  ##
## ---------- ##

hostname = medusa.sis.pasteur.fr
uname -m = alpha
uname -r = V5.1
uname -s = OSF1
uname -v = 732

/usr/bin/uname -p = alpha
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo               = unknown
/bin/machine           = alpha
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH = 
/home/njoly/temp/autoconf/tests:/home/njoly/temp/autoconf:/home/njoly/bin:/local/bin:/local/sbin:/local/teTeX/bin/alphaev56-dec-osf5.0:/gensoft/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11

====================================
Testing suite for GNU Autoconf 2.49d
====================================
23. ./base.at:205: testing AC_CACHE_CHECK...
./base.at:212: autoconf --autoconf-dir .. -l $at_srcdir 
./base.at:213: ./configure -q
0a1
> loading site script /usr/local/share/config.site
23. ./base.at:205: FAILED near `base.at:213'

Hope this helps.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Informatique Scientifique
Institut Pasteur, Paris.