Re: automake-1.7.4: 7 tests failed on NetBSD/sparc-1.5

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> > > The following tests failed for me on NetBSD/sparc-1.5:
> >...
> > > FAIL: dejagnu3.test
> > > FAIL: dejagnu4.test
> > > FAIL: dejagnu5.test
> > > FAIL: dejagnu6.test
> > > FAIL: dejagnu7.test
[snip]

These tests failed, because DejaGnu 1.4.2 doesn't support specifying the
program name on the command-line. We rely on this working in the test suite.
Below is a patch that skips the tests, if we don't have DejaGnu 1.4.3 or
later. I tested with DejaGnu 1.4.2 and 1.4.3.

Adrian: If you have some Free Time (TM), can you try this patch out, to check
that it works for you? TIA.

Alexandre: Unfortunately you can't commit this patch right now. I haven't got
any copyright disclaimer paperwork out of my employer. I'm trying to find out
whether I actually need this or not from the FSF copyright clerk. I'll put the
patch in my to-do folder and let you know, when it's safe to commit.

Bye, Rich =]

2003-08-02  Richard Dawe  <address@hidden>

        * tests/defs.in: For required=runtest, check that we are using
        a DejaGnu that supports specifying the program on the command-line.

Index: tests/defs.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/automake/automake/tests/defs.in,v
retrieving revision 1.4.2.10
diff -p -u -3 -r1.4.2.10 defs.in
--- tests/defs.in       18 Apr 2003 20:06:26 -0000      1.4.2.10
+++ tests/defs.in       2 Aug 2003 16:19:52 -0000
@@ -142,9 +142,11 @@ then
        test $create_status = 0 && exit 77
        ;;
       runtest)
-       # DejaGnu's runtest program.
+       # DejaGnu's runtest program. We rely on being able to specify
+       # the program on the runtest command-line. This requires
+       # DejaGnu 1.4.3 or later.
        echo "$me: running runtest --version"
-       (runtest --version) || exit 77
+       (runtest SOMEPROGRAM=someprogram --version) || exit 77
        ;;
       tex)
         # No all versions of Tex support `--version', so we use

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