Re: automake-1.6.1: verbose test failure results: Sun SPARC Solaris 2.7

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes on Mon, 15 Apr 2002
21:07:33 +0200:

>> ...
>> [...]
>>  Nelson> PASS: cond4.test
>>
>> Another FAILure that PASSed.
>>
>> That's try the same commands as for cond19.test on IRIX:
>>
>>   env TESTS=cond4.test VERBOSE=x make -e SHELL=/bin/sh check
>>   make TESTS=cond4.test VERBOSE=x check-TESTS
>> ...

The output is attached below: both failed.

Alexandre also wrote

>> I'm starting to wonder whether this could be transiant timestamp
>> skews, due to NFS or something similar.  Does this ring a bell?

I've seen at least one other package that could have such timestamp
dependence. However, we run xntpd, syncing to campus time hosts that
in turn sync from national time hosts, so generally, our clock skew is
minimal.  I just compared the output of the date command on the
Solaris 2.7 and 2.8 systems on which I built automake-1.6.1, and found
them identical.

% env TESTS=cond4.test VERBOSE=x make -e SHELL=/bin/sh check
Making check in .
Making check in m4
Making check in lib
Making check in Automake
Making check in am
Making check in tests
make  check-TESTS
=== Running test ./cond4.test
+ cat
+ cat
+ perl ../../aclocal -I 
/export/nova/build-local/build/automake-1.6.1/tests/testSubDir/../../m4 
--acdir=/export/nova/build-local/build/automake-1.6.1/tests/../m4
+ perl ../../automake 
--libdir=/export/nova/build-local/build/automake-1.6.1/tests/../lib --foreign 
--Werror
+ wc -l + grep address@hidden@ Makefile.in

+ test       0 -eq 0
+ autoconf
CFLAGS=
+ export CFLAGS
+ :
+ ./configure
CONDITION2=true CONDITION1=true CC=gcc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
+ make --no-print-directory echo-objects
msgtt=main.o one.o two.o
+ ./configure
CONDITION2=false CONDITION1=true CC=gcc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
+ make --no-print-directory echo-objects
msgtf=main.o one.o
+ ./configure
CONDITION2=true CONDITION1=false CC=gcc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
+ make --no-print-directory echo-objects
msgft=cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
main.o two.o
+ ./configure
CONDITION2=false CONDITION1=false CC=gcc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
+ make --no-print-directory echo-objects
msgff=cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
main.o
+ echo main.o one.o two.o
main.o one.o two.o
+ echo main.o one.o
main.o one.o
+ echo cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles config.status: 
creating Makefile config.status: executing depfiles commands main.o two.o
cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles config.status: creating 
Makefile config.status: executing depfiles commands main.o two.o
+ echo cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles config.status: 
creating Makefile config.status: executing depfiles commands main.o
cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles config.status: creating 
Makefile config.status: executing depfiles commands main.o
+ test main.o one.o two.o = main.o one.o two.o
+ test main.o one.o = main.o one.o
+ test cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
main.o two.o = main.o two.o
+ exit 1
FAIL: cond4.test
===================
1 of 1 tests failed
===================

cd tests
make TESTS=cond4.test VERBOSE=x check-TESTS
=== Running test ./cond4.test
+ cat
+ cat
+ perl ../../aclocal -I 
/export/nova/build-local/build/automake-1.6.1/tests/testSubDir/../../m4 
--acdir=/export/nova/build-local/build/automake-1.6.1/tests/../m4
+ perl ../../automake 
--libdir=/export/nova/build-local/build/automake-1.6.1/tests/../lib --foreign 
--Werror
+ wc -l
+ grep address@hidden@ Makefile.in
+ test       0 -eq 0
+ autoconf
CFLAGS=
+ export CFLAGS
+ :
+ ./configure
CONDITION2=true CONDITION1=true CC=gcc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
+ make --no-print-directory echo-objects
msgtt=cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
main.o one.o two.o
+ ./configure
CONDITION2=false CONDITION1=true CC=gcc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
+ make --no-print-directory echo-objects
msgtf=main.o one.o
+ ./configure
CONDITION2=true CONDITION1=false CC=gcc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
+ make --no-print-directory echo-objects
msgft=main.o two.o
+ ./configure
CONDITION2=false CONDITION1=false CC=gcc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
+ make --no-print-directory echo-objects
msgff=main.o
+ echo cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles config.status: 
creating Makefile config.status: executing depfiles commands main.o one.o two.o
cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles config.status: creating 
Makefile config.status: executing depfiles commands main.o one.o two.o
+ echo main.o one.o
main.o one.o
+ echo main.o two.o
main.o two.o
+ echo main.o
main.o
+ test cd . && /bin/ksh ./config.status Makefile depfiles
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands
main.o one.o two.o = main.o one.o two.o
+ exit 1
FAIL: cond4.test
===================
1 of 1 tests failed
===================

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