Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.53] testsuite.log: 126 failures

[A Braunsdorf]

In message <address@hidden>, Akim Demaille writes:
> 
> | Looks like Apple's zsh is defective to me. 
> 
> I wouldn't say that.  Is use Zsh everyday, with much pleasure.
> Something else is causing us big troubles, and I'd like to find
> exactly what.

Yes, but I'll bet you don't use a version this old.  This is 3.0.8.
Don't you think I should at least try replacing it with 4.0.4 before
you worry about it in autoconf?

> | I'll replace it with
> | bash and try again.  Sound good?
> 
> Nope, because then I know it will work.  I'm interested in *fixing*
> your problems, not avoiding them.

It does indeed work with bash.  I'll try it with zsh 4.0.4 also.

> Please, replace your /bin/sh by `/bin/sh -x' in the first line of both
> tests/autoconf and bin/autoconf, and then run the same commands as
> above:
> 
> | >         cd testsuite.dir/003
> | >         PATH=../..:$PATH autoconf -d -v -f -t 'TRACE1:
> | >         Hello world!'
> 
> Thanks!

I've trimmed off the first half of the output which is our /etc/profile
setting the path.  Here's the good part:

|+ me=+ echo /Users/ab/Desktop/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoconf
|+ me=+ sed -e s,.*[\/],,
|+ me=autoconf 
|+ usage=Usage: /Users/ab/Desktop/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoconf [OPTION] ... 
[TEMPLATE-FILE]
|
|Generate a configuration script from a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or
|`configure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in'.  Output is sent
|to the standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, else into
|`configure'.
|
|Operation modes:
|  -h, --help               print this help, then exit
|  -V, --version            print version number, then exit
|  -v, --verbose            verbosely report processing
|  -d, --debug              don't remove temporary files
|  -I, --include=DIR        look for input files in DIR (cumulative)
|  -f, --force              consider all files obsolete
|  -o, --output=FILE        save output in FILE (stdout is the default)
|  -W, --warnings=CATEGORY  report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]
|
|Warning categories include:
|  `cross'         cross compilation issues
|  `obsolete'      obsolete constructs
|  `syntax'        dubious syntactic constructs
|  `all'           all the warnings
|  `no-CATEGORY'   turn off the warnings on CATEGORY
|  `none'          turn off all the warnings
|  `error'         warnings are error
|
|The environment variable `WARNINGS' is honored.
|
|Tracing:
|  -t, --trace=MACRO     report the list of calls to MACRO
|  -i, --initialization  also trace Autoconf's initialization process
|
|In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.
|
|Report bugs to <address@hidden>. 
|+ version=autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.53
|Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
|
|Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
|This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
|warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
|+ help=Try `autoconf --help' for more information. 
|+ exit_missing_arg=echo "autoconf: option \`$1' requires an argument" >&2
|echo "$help" >&2
|exit 1 
|+ test set = set
|+ LANG=C 
|+ export LANG
|+ test  = set
|+ test  = set
|+ test  = set
|+ : autom4te
|+ dir=+ echo /Users/ab/Desktop/autoconf-2.53/bin/autoconf
|+ dir=+ sed -e s,[^\/]*$,,
|+ dir=/Users/ab/Desktop/autoconf-2.53/bin/ 
|+ outfile= 
|+ verbose=: 
|+ test 9 -gt 0
|+ option=+ expr x--include : x\(--[^=]*\) | x--include : x\(-.\)
|+ option=--include 
|+ optarg=+ expr x--include : x--[^=]*=\(.*\) | x--include : x-.\(.*\)
|+ optarg=include 
|+ test 9 = 1
|+ AUTOM4TE=autom4te --include /Users/ab/Desktop/autoconf-2.53/lib 
|+ shift 2
|+ test 7 -gt 0
|+ option=+ expr x-d : x\(--[^=]*\) | x-d : x\(-.\)
|+ option=-d 
|+ optarg=+ expr x-d : x--[^=]*=\(.*\) | x-d : x-.\(.*\)
|+ optarg= 
|+ AUTOM4TE=autom4te --include /Users/ab/Desktop/autoconf-2.53/lib -d 
|+ shift
|+ test 6 -gt 0
|+ option=+ expr x-v : x\(--[^=]*\) | x-v : x\(-.\)
|+ option=-v 
|+ optarg=+ expr x-v : x--[^=]*=\(.*\) | x-v : x-.\(.*\)
|+ optarg= 
|+ verbose=echo 
|+ AUTOM4TE=autom4te --include /Users/ab/Desktop/autoconf-2.53/lib -d -v 
|+ shift
|+ test 5 -gt 0
|+ option=+ expr x-f : x\(--[^=]*\) | x-f : x\(-.\)
|+ option=-f 
|+ optarg=+ expr x-f : x--[^=]*=\(.*\) | x-f : x-.\(.*\)
|+ optarg= 
|+ AUTOM4TE=autom4te --include /Users/ab/Desktop/autoconf-2.53/lib -d -v -f 
|+ shift
|+ test 4 -gt 0
|+ option=+ expr x-t : x\(--[^=]*\) | x-t : x\(-.\)
|+ option=-t 
|+ optarg=+ expr x-t : x--[^=]*=\(.*\) | x-t : x-.\(.*\)
|+ optarg= 
|+ test 4 = 1
|+ shift
|+ traces=+ echo TRACE1:
|+ traces=+ sed s/'/'\\''/g
|+ traces= --trace='TRACE1:' 
|+ shift
|+ test 2 -gt 0
|+ option=+ expr xHello : x\(--[^=]*\) | xHello : x\(-.\)
|+ option= 
|+ optarg=+ expr xHello : x--[^=]*=\(.*\) | xHello : x-.\(.*\)
|+ optarg= 
|+ break
|+ echo autoconf: invalid number of arguments.
|autoconf: invalid number of arguments.
|+ echo Try `autoconf --help' for more information.
|Try `autoconf --help' for more information.
|+ exit 1
|+ exit 1
|

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