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

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 05:23:25PM +0100, Richard Dawe wrote:

> Hello.

Hi Richard,

> 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.
>...

thanks, I can confirm your patch works.

> Bye, Rich =]
>...

cu
Adrian

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