Output of the build process

[Jurzitza, Dieter]

Dear listmembers,
when building and especially testing automake, tons of messages are output, 
and, moreover, I get a decent amount of messages like
************************************* Only for demonstration purposes!
fn99-1.0/12345678/12345678/12345678/12345678/12345678/12345678/12345678/1234567....(longer
 than shown)
fn99-1.0/12345678/12345678/12345678/12345678/12345678/12345678/12345678/1234567....(longer
 than shown)
error: the above filenames are too long
*************************************
make: *** [XXXXXX] Fehler 1
error: the above filenames are too long
PASS: fn99.test



or like (check4.tst is a candidate here ...)



=== Running test ./check4.test
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/automake-1.9.6/tests/testSubDir
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make -j 3 sets $(MAKE)... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating dir/Makefile
make[1]: Warnung: -jN in »make«-Verarbeitungszweig erzwungen:
Jobserver-Modus nicht verfügbar.
make[2]: Warnung: -jN in »make«-Verarbeitungszweig erzwungen:
Jobserver-Modus nicht verfügbar.
make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [check-am] Fehler 2
make: *** [check-recursive] Fehler 1
Making check in dir
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/automake-1.9.6/tests/testS
make -j 3  check-TESTS
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/packages/BUILD/automake-1.9.6/tests/testS
FAIL: fail.sh
===================
1 of 1 tests failed
===================
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But at the end it says:
******************************************
make: *** [check-recursive] Fehler 1
make: Das Target »check« wurde wegen Fehlern nicht aktualisiert.
Making check in dir
make -j 3  check-TESTS
FAIL: fail.sh
===================
1 of 1 tests failed
===================   
make -j 3  check-TESTS
PASS: ok.sh
================== 
All 1 tests passed    
==================
FAIL: fail.sh
PASS: ok.sh
PASS: check4.test     

what leads me into a certain uncertaincy whether the final "PASS" is ok or not; 
I am just guessing whether it might be possible prevent make from spitting out 
such messages as they happen currently. I would be much more happy if it would 
say "XFAIL" in such cases. By this way I am quite insure whether the FAILs are 
expected or not.
If anyone would be interested in looking into the log, just let me know; if 
there was an example how to cover such messages (an example would be highly 
appreciated :-), I would try to fix the remainder, then).
Thank you very much for the work on automake and the support so far,
take care



Dieter Jurzitza


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