Re: spy.test in 1.9.3 release under solaris

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Andy" == Andy Shelley <address@hidden> writes:

[...]
| make: `a' is up to date.
| + cat a 
| + test  =  
| + sleep 2 
| + touch b 
| + make -d 
[...]
| Considering target file `a'.
|   Considering target file `b'.
[...]
|   No need to remake target `b'.
|  Finished prerequisites of target file `a'.
|  Prerequisite `b' is newer than target `a'.
| Must remake target `a'.
| echo rule1 >> a
[...]
| Successfully remade target file `a'.
| Considering target file `a'.
|   Considering target file `c'.
[...]
|   No need to remake target `c'.
|  Finished prerequisites of target file `a'.
|  Prerequisite `c' is older than target `a'.
| No need to remake target `a'.
| Pruning file `a'.
| + cat a 
| + test rule1 = rule1 

So far so good.

| + : 
| + sleep 2 
| + touch c 
| + make -d 
[...]
| Considering target file `a'.
|   Considering target file `b'.
[...]
|   No need to remake target `b'.
|  Finished prerequisites of target file `a'.
|  Prerequisite `b' is older than target `a'.
| No need to remake target `a'.
| Considering target file `a'.
|   Considering target file `c'.
[...]
|   No need to remake target `c'.
|  Finished prerequisites of target file `a'.
|  Prerequisite `c' is older than target `a'.
| No need to remake target `a'.
| Pruning file `a'.
| make: `a' is up to date.
| + cat a 
| + test  = rule2 

That's fishy.  Because of the `sleep 2; touch c' above, c should
be at least 2 second newer than `a'.  So why does make claim
"Prerequisite `c' is older than target `a'."?  Why did the same
test succeeded with `b' just before?  Sorry I can't make any
sense of this.

What is the resolution of the date on your file system?  Could
you check the precise mtime of tests/testSubDir/{a,b,c} after
the test has failed?
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz