Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.62] testsuite: 44 failed

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Vladimir,

Thanks for the bug report.

* Vladimir wrote on Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 05:34:37PM CEST:
> 
> I compile autoconf on slamd64-current. The 'make' runs good but
> 'make check' gives an error.

> uname -m = x86_64
> uname -r = 2.6.24.4_v_l
> uname -s = Linux
> uname -v = #1 SMP Mon Apr 28 20:49:43 IRKST 2008

> 44. m4sh.at:163: testing ...
> ./m4sh.at:199: autom4te --language=m4sh script.as -o script 
> ./m4sh.at:200: ./script
> --- /dev/null 2005-11-21 11:22:37.000000000 +0800
> +++ /home/lomov/tmp/src/autoconf-2.62/tests/testsuite.dir/at-stderr   
> 2008-06-21 23:45:15.000000000 +0900
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +./script: line 551: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
> +./script: line 557: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> ./m4sh.at:200: exit code was 2, expected 0
> 44. m4sh.at:163: 44. AS_ECHO and AS_ECHO_N (m4sh.at:163): FAILED (m4sh.at:200)

> ============================================================================
> I check the 'tests/testssuite.dir/044/script' file and found lined caused the 
> error.
> ============================================================================
> echo=`$as_echo_n '
> \c'`
> ============================================================================
> The 'script' uses printf for 'as_echo' and 'as_echo_n' from
> coreutils 6.9.

What shell is /bin/sh and what version?  Can you try

cd tests/testssuite.dir/044
sed '1a\
set -x
' <script > script.1
mv -f script.1 script
chmod +x script
./script

and post the output?

Thanks,
Ralf