Re: automake-1.6.1: verbose test failure results: Sun SPARC Solaris 2.8

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Nelson" == Nelson H F Beebe <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 Nelson> PASS: cond4.test

Again.

[...]

 Nelson> === Running test ./cond18.test
[...]
 Nelson> configure: loading cache /dev/null
 Nelson> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
 Nelson> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
 Nelson> checking for mawk... mawk
 Nelson> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
 Nelson> checking for gcc... gcc
 Nelson> checking for C compiler default output... a.out
 Nelson> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
 Nelson> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
 Nelson> checking for executable suffix...
 Nelson> checking for object suffix... o
 Nelson> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
 Nelson> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
 Nelson> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
 Nelson> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
 Nelson> configure: creating ./config.status
 Nelson> config.status: creating Makefile
 Nelson> + make --no-print-directory echorule
 Nelson> val=cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile depfiles
 Nelson> config.status: creating Makefile
 Nelson> dlmain.c foo.c dlmain.o foo.o
 Nelson> + echo cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile depfiles 
config.status: creating Makefile dlmain.c foo.c dlmain.o foo.o
 Nelson> cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile depfiles config.status: 
creating Makefile dlmain.c foo.c dlmain.o foo.o
 Nelson> + test xcd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile depfiles
 Nelson> config.status: creating Makefile
 Nelson> dlmain.c foo.c dlmain.o foo.o = xdlmain.c foo.c dlmain.o foo.o
 Nelson> FAIL: cond18.test
 Nelson> ===================
 Nelson> 1 of 1 tests failed
 Nelson> ===================
 Nelson> make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

Like the cond19.test and subsref.test failures on Solaris 2.7,
this is a timestamp issue I don't undersand.

The question is why does the first $MAKE invocation trigger the
config.status rule.

How fast is this box?
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz