Re: [libtool 2.2] testsuite: 19 35 36 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 60 61 62 64 failed [GNU/Linux PowerPC]

[Peter O'Gorman]

Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Peter O'Gorman wrote:
>>
>> Your gcj and automake are broken. Do you have a sane toolchain on any of
>> your systems?
> 
> That sounds a little harsh.  I think that the LZMA complaint from
> automake may be because libtool requests a lzma package and it requires
> the very latest automake to do so.  Most people won't have the latest
> automake.
> 
> Libtool maintainers typically run all of the latest autotools in
> relatively pristine environments.  With so many tests, we can expect
> plenty of breakage in more typical user environments.  The test failures
> don't mean that libtool won't satisfy the user's actual requirements.

You are right, of course, it was too harsh. I was simply overwhelmed
when I looked at the volume of mail on the bug-libtool list.

Because of the lzma addition, an automake that is new enough to create
lzma dists is required to run the testsuite.

Peter
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