autoconf-2.49e test suite failure 148 on Sun Solaris 2.7

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

I've compiled and validated the autoconf-2.49e test suite on Sun
Solaris 2.7, noting both the caveats against further distribution, and
about not installing it for wide public use, and also the test suite
remark

>> it is extremely important that you report the failure to address@hidden

Well, test 148 failed on this system; all others passed.  The
testsuite.log file is appended.

I assume that autoconf developers have access to a wide range of test
systems.  Here is the current list of platforms that I use on a daily
basis:

        Apple Macintosh PPC G3  Rhapsody 5.6
        Compaq/DEC Alpha        OSF/1 4.0F
        IBM PowerPC             AIX 4.2
        Intel Pentium III       GNU/Linux 2.2.17-14smp (Red Hat 6.2)
        SGI Origin 200          IRIX 6.5
        Sun SPARC               GNU/Linux 2.2.17-14 (Red Hat 6.2)
        Sun SPARC               Solaris 2.7

        HP 9000/712             HP-UX 10.20
        Intel Pentium II        FreeBSD 4.1.1
        Power Macintosh 233MHz  GNU/Linux 2.2.15pre9

If any of these are not among those available to autoconf developers,
let me know, and I'll do some test builds.  I use autoconf (the stable
public versions) for much of my own code, so I'm happy to help out in
autoconf testing.

I have GNUware builds pretty much fully automated, and they run in
parallel, so apart from manual examination of build logs, each new
system poses relatively little extra work for me.

=====================================
Test suite log for GNU Autoconf 2.49e
=====================================

/local/build/autoconf-2.49e/ChangeLog :
| 2001-04-20  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
|
|       * tests/foreign.at (Libtool): Ignore configure's stderr.
|
| 2001-04-20  Tim Van Holder  <address@hidden>
|
|       * acgeneral.m4 (AC_OUTPUT): Close the descriptor before running
|       config.status so config.log is properly created on MS-DOS.
|
| 2001-04-20  Nicolas Joly  <address@hidden>

Failed tests:
 148: acfunctions.at:30 AC_FUNC_VFORK

## ---------- ##
## Platform.  ##
## ---------- ##

hostname = suncore.math.utah.edu
uname -m = sun4u
uname -r = 5.7
uname -s = SunOS
uname -v = Generic_106541-15

/usr/bin/uname -p = sparc
/bin/uname -X     = System = SunOS
Node = suncore.math.utah.edu
Release = 5.7
KernelID = Generic_106541-15
Machine = sun4u
BusType = <unknown>
Serial = <unknown>
Users = <unknown>
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 4

/bin/arch              = sun4
/usr/bin/arch -k       = sun4u
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo               = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH = 
/local/build/autoconf-2.49e/tests:/local/build/autoconf-2.49e:/export/local/sun4-sos5/bin:/export/local/sun4-sos5/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/export/home/0074/sy/beebe/bin/sun4:/export/home/0074/sy/beebe/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/export/local/share/bin:/export/local/sun4-sos5/bin/X11:/export/local/ashare/sun4-sos5/mpi/bin:/export/local/sun4-sos5/pbmplus:/export/local/ashare/sun4-sos5/plot79:/export/local/ashare/sun4-sos5/X11R5/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/export/local/sys/bmdp/bin:/usr/java1.1/bin:/export/local/ashare/sun4-sos5/java/bin:/export/local/ashare/sun4-sos5/hotjava/bin:/export/local/share/etc:/etc:/local/build/autoconf-2.49e/tests:/export/local/sys/tecplot/sun4/tecplot:/export/local/sys/tecplot/sun4/tecplot/bin:/export/home/0074/sy/beebe/tex/bib:/usr/proc/bin:/export/local/ashare/sun4-sos5/plot79:/local/build/autoconf-2.49e/tests

=================================
Test suite for GNU Autoconf 2.49e
=================================
148. ./acfunctions.at:30: testing AC_FUNC_VFORK...
./acfunctions.at:30: autoconf --autoconf-dir .. -l $at_srcdir -W obsolete
./acfunctions.at:30: autoheader --autoconf-dir .. -l $at_srcdir
./acfunctions.at:30: top_srcdir=$top_srcdir ./configure
stdout:
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for executable suffix...
checking for object suffix... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for pid_t... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for vfork.h... no
checking for working vfork... no
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating config.h
./acfunctions.at:30: cat state-env.after
./acfunctions.at:30: cat state-ls.after
--- expout      Mon Apr 30 08:43:14 2001
+++ at-stdout   Mon Apr 30 08:43:25 2001
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 confdefs.h
 configure
 configure.ac
+core
 debug-148.sh
 foreign.at
 m4sh.at
148. ./acfunctions.at:30: FAILED near `acfunctions.at:30'

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