Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.69.129-0263a] testsuite: 140 210 212 failed

[Eric Blake]

On 10/14/2014 03:25 PM, Antti Nuortimo wrote:

>>
>>>  140: autotest.at:385    Syntax error
>>>       autotest
>>>  210: autotest.at:1495   parallel syntax error
>>>       autotest
>>>  212: autotest.at:1530   parallel autotest and signal handling
>>>       autotest
>>

>>> 140. autotest.at:385: 140. Syntax error (autotest.at:385): FAILED (
>> autotest.at:385)
>>
>> Looks like your shell gave a different failure status than the testsuite
>> expected, and that in this case the testsuite should be updated to
>> tolerate all non-zero status as okay.  What shell are you using?
>>
> 
> bash version 4.2.37(1)-release, shipped with Debian Wheezy, from an
> official Debian repo.

No, not what your $SHELL is, but what /bin/sh is.  bash doesn't do that.


>>>
>>> All 2 tests were successful.
>>> ./autotest.at:1495: exit code was 0, expected 1
>>
>> Hmm.  In this case, the syntax error definitely showed up on stderr, but
>> your shell kept going with a 0 exit status.  That feels more like a bug
>> in your shell, maybe?
>>
> 
> A bug is the shell is of course possible. My bash is from Debian Wheezy
> official repo.
> 

More likely, since you are using Debian, your /bin/sh is dash.

> 
> I'm using bash and started autoconf from bash, but in the case autoconf
> would execute dash, I do have dash also installed, so autoconf can execute
> it if needed. My dash version is 0.5.7-3 (shipped with Debian Wheezy, from
> an official Debian repo).

Could very well be a bug in Debian's build of dash, then.  It's been a
while since I've used a Debian machine though, so it may be a while
before I can try and reproduce it.

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