Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.59] testsuite: 68 69 70 71 92 183 failed

[Paul Eggert]

Gianfranco Galmacci <address@hidden> writes:

>  NUM: FILENAME:LINE      TEST-GROUP-NAME
>       KEYWORDS
>
>   68: acfortran.at:12    AC_F77_MAIN
>   69: acfortran.at:13    AC_F77_WRAPPERS
>   70: acfortran.at:14    AC_FC_MAIN
>   71: acfortran.at:15    AC_FC_WRAPPERS
>   92: semantics.at:506   AC_PATH_XTRA
>  183: foreign.at:27      Libtool

Thanks for the bug report.  I'd guess tests 92 and 183 failed because
of bugs in GNU m4.  What version of GNU m4 are you using?  E.g., what
does "/usr/local/bin/gm4 --version" output?  If it's not 1.4.2, please
upgrade; there are serious bugs on Solaris sparc hosts in earlier
versions.

The other tests have to do with the Fortran compiler.  Perhaps there
is a problem with your Fortran installation?  Do you use Fortran
regularly?  I don't have Fortran installed on my Solaris 8 box, so I
can't test that part easily.

Perhaps the simplest thing for you to do is to upgrade your GNU m4
version, and then try the latest test release
<ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.59b.tar.gz>, as I think
it has better checking for problematic Fortran installations.