Failure in test for autoconf-2.50b

[Vin Shelton]

Following the information given in this header:

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## This section of torture tests is trying to make Autoconf produce ##
## failing `configure' scripts, which must never happen.  If one of ##
## these tests ever fails, it is extremely important that you       ##
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I am reporting the following problem discovered when running 'make
check' on autoconf-2.50b on my system:

26: torture.at:90     diff: -: Value too large for defined data type
FAILED near `torture.at:163'

uname -a tells me:
  Linux zion.rcn.com 2.4.6 #2 SMP Wed Jul 4 12:30:42 EDT 2001 i686 unknown

Here is the testsuite.log file generated:

=====================================
Test suite log for GNU Autoconf 2.50b
=====================================

/usr/local/src/autoconf-2.50b/ChangeLog :
| 2001-06-26  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
| 
|       Version 2.50b.
| 
| 2001-06-26  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
| 
|       Version 2.50a.
| 
| 2001-06-25  Pavel Roskin  <address@hidden>
| 

Failed tests:
  26: torture.at:90   AC_CONFIG_FILES, HEADERS, LINKS and COMMANDS

Skipped tests:
  42: compile.at:277  GNU Fortran 77
 100: aclang.at:11    AC_F77_WRAPPERS
 103: aclang.at:14    AC_PROG_F77_C_O

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

hostname = zion.rcn.com
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.4.6
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #2 SMP Wed Jul 4 12:30:42 EDT 2001

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

/bin/arch              = i686
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo               = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH = 
/usr/local/build/autoconf-2.50b/tests:/usr/local/build/autoconf-2.50b:/usr/local/dejagnu/bin:/home/acs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/etc

=================================
Test suite for GNU Autoconf 2.50b
=================================
26. ../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:90: testing AC_CONFIG_FILES, 
HEADERS, LINKS and COMMANDS...
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:124: autoconf --autoconf-dir .. -l 
$at_srcdir 
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:154: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir 
./configure what_to_test=file
stdout:
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating file
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:154: ls header var-header file 
var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:154: grep OK file
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:154: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir 
./configure what_to_test=var-file --no-create
stdout:
configure: creating ./config.status
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:154: ./config.status var-file 
</dev/null
stdout:
config.status: creating var-file
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:154: ls header var-header file 
var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:154: grep OK var-file
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:157: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir 
./configure what_to_test=header
stdout:
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating header
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:157: ls header var-header file 
var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:157: grep OK header
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:157: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir 
./configure what_to_test=var-header --no-create
stdout:
configure: creating ./config.status
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:157: ./config.status var-header 
</dev/null
stdout:
config.status: creating var-header
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:157: ls header var-header file 
var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:157: grep OK var-header
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:160: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir 
./configure what_to_test=command
stdout:
configure: creating ./config.status
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:160: ls header var-header file 
var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:160: grep OK command
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:160: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir 
./configure what_to_test=var-command --no-create
stdout:
configure: creating ./config.status
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:160: ./config.status var-command 
</dev/null
stdout:
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:160: ls header var-header file 
var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:160: grep OK var-command
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:163: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir 
./configure what_to_test=link
stdout:
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: linking ./input to link
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:163: ls header var-header file 
var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:163: grep OK link
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:163: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir 
./configure what_to_test=var-link --no-create
stdout:
configure: creating ./config.status
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:163: ./config.status var-link 
</dev/null
stdout:
config.status: linking ./input to var-link
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:163: ls header var-header file 
var-file command var-command link var-link 2>/dev/null
../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:163: grep OK var-link
26. ../../../src/autoconf-2.50b/tests/torture.at:90: ok
===========================
All 1 tests were successful
===========================

HTH,
  - vin shelton