libtool-1.4.2 quote.test failure

[Len Makin]

Hi All,
        Porting to NEC SX-5. Found and corrected a problem with config.sub.
Patch sent to address@hidden and positive response received.
Minor problem for libtool: different versions of config.sub config.guess
etc. in tests subdirectory compared to those in the main (srcdir) directory.
Now the following failures occur for quote.test (All other tests pass OK).
Here's (some of) the output section from 
        gmake check VERBOSE=yes
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=== Running quote.test
=== Running quote.test
== compile mode
= trying: no quoting
= passed: cc -c -DVAR=test foo.c
echo timestamp > foo.lo
------ Skipping all passed subtests ------------------
= trying: "     " quoting
= passed: cc -c "-DVAR= test    " foo.c
echo timestamp > foo.lo
== link mode
= trying: no quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O -someflag=test foo.o 
= trying: \\ quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O -someflag=\\test\\ foo.o 
= trying: \" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O -someflag=\"test\" foo.o 
= trying: \` quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O -someflag=\`test\` foo.o 
= trying: \$ quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O -someflag=\$test\$ foo.o 
= trying: "[" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=[test[" foo.o 
= trying: "]" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=]test]" foo.o 
= trying: "~" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=~test~" foo.o 
= trying: "#" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=#test#" foo.o 
= trying: "^" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=^test^" foo.o 
= trying: "&" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=&test&" foo.o 
= trying: "*" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=*test*" foo.o 
= trying: "(" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=(test(" foo.o 
= trying: ")" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=)test)" foo.o 
= trying: "{" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag={test{" foo.o 
= trying: "}" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=}test}" foo.o 
= trying: "|" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=|test|" foo.o 
= trying: ";" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=;test;" foo.o 
= trying: "<" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=<test<" foo.o 
= trying: ">" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=>test>" foo.o 
= trying: "?" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=?test?" foo.o 
= trying: "'" quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag='test'" foo.o 
= trying: " " quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag= test " foo.o 
= trying: "     " quoting
= failed: mkdir .libs
cc -o hell -g -O "-someflag=    test    " foo.o 
== install mode
= trying: no quoting
= passed: install -c --something=test hell /usr/local/bin/hell
...
                all subsequent tests passed.
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Any suggestions?
Observations: Although CFLAGS was exported, this test procedure seems to
ignore it and try flags which are not valid on our machine (-O). Why?

Cheers,
        Len Makin
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