Re: [Gnu-arch-users] A test failure on AIX

[Tom Lord]

    > From: John Goerzen <address@hidden>

    > Hello,

    > I have also observed this failure on AIX:

    > ======= TESTING: simple commits (pass 2) =======
    > Test 1: single file modification
    > Test 1: PASS
    > Test 2: Adding new file
    > Test 2: PASS
    > Test 3: Removing existing file
    > Test 3: PASS
    > Test 4: Moving file
    > Test 4: PASS
    > Test 5: limited commit (single file modification)
    > Test 5: PASS
    > Test 6: limited commit (multiple file modifications)
    > Error calling `vu_lstat' for "hello_world.c" (No such file or directory)
    > PANIC: I/O error
    > gmake[2]: *** [tests-timestamp] Error 2
    > gmake[2]: Leaving directory
    > `/home/jgoerzen/programs/tla-1.1-candiate0/src/=build/tla/tests'
    > gmake[1]: *** [test] Error 2
    > gmake[1]: Leaving directory
    > `/home/jgoerzen/programs/tla-1.1-candiate0/src/=build/tla'
    > gmake: *** [test] Error 2
    > address@hidden:~/programs/tla-1.1-candiate0/src/=build$
    > 
    > This is with candidate1.

I certainly hope that you mean candidate0.   As far as I can recall, I
have not released a candidate1.

That error is symptomatic of your needing to configure to use a recent
GNU patch ("patch(1)").   Surely a configure-time test is desirable
here but so far it has been a relatively rare error.

-t