Reference: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00162.html>
[For the sake of the reading this message "in real-time": this reply has been sent pratically without changes also to the related thread "Testsuite failures on IRIX 6.5"] > > FAIL: distlinksbrk.test (exit: 1) > ================================= > > > /tmp/am/build-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.23/tests:/tmp/local/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.23/bin > > :/tmp/bin:/opt/aCC/bin:/opt/ansic/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11 > > :/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/usr/vue/bin:/opt/imake/bin > > + pwd > > /tmp/am/build-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.23/tests/distlinksbrk.dir > > + set -e > > + lnk_base=BrknSymlnk > > + lnk1=BrknSymlnk__001 > > + lnk2=BrknSymlnk__002 > > + lnka=BrknSymlnk__aaa > > + lnkb=BrknSymlnk__bbb > > + ln -s nonesuch BrknSymlnk__001 > > + pwd > > + ln -s /tmp/am/build-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.23/tests/distlinksbrk.dir/nonesuch > > BrknSymlnk__002 > > + ln -s BrknSymlnk__001 BrknSymlnk__aaa > > + ln -s BrknSymlnk__aaa BrknSymlnk__bbb > > + test ! -r BrknSymlnk__001 > > + test ! -r BrknSymlnk__002 > > + test ! -r BrknSymlnk__aaa > > + test ! -r BrknSymlnk__bbb > > + test -h BrknSymlnk__001 > > + test -h BrknSymlnk__002 > > + test -h BrknSymlnk__aaa > > + test -h BrknSymlnk__bbb > > + cat > > + 1>> configure.in 0< /var/tmp/sh13163.8 > > + cat > > + 1> Makefile.am 0<< > > EXTRA_DIST = BrknSymlnk__001 BrknSymlnk__002 BrknSymlnk__aaa BrknSymlnk__bbb > > + ls -l > > total 18 > > lrwxrwxr-x 1 rwild rwild 8 Nov 12 20:16 BrknSymlnk__001 > > -> nonesuch > > lrwxrwxr-x 1 rwild rwild 74 Nov 12 20:16 BrknSymlnk__002 > > -> /tmp/am/build-hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.23/tests/distlinksbrk.dir/nonesuch > > lrwxrwxr-x 1 rwild rwild 15 Nov 12 20:16 BrknSymlnk__aaa > > -> BrknSymlnk__001 > > lrwxrwxr-x 1 rwild rwild 15 Nov 12 20:16 BrknSymlnk__bbb > > -> BrknSymlnk__aaa > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 rwild rwild 77 Nov 12 20:16 Makefile.am > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 rwild rwild 86 Nov 12 20:16 configure.in > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 rwild rwild 20001 Nov 12 20:16 depcomp > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 rwild rwild 13781 Nov 12 20:16 install-sh > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 rwild rwild 11419 Nov 12 20:16 missing > > + aclocal-1.11a -Werror > > + autoconf > > + automake-1.11a --foreign -Werror -Wall > > + ./configure > > checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c > > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d > > checking for gawk... no > > checking for mawk... no > > checking for nawk... no > > checking for awk... awk > > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > > checking that generated files are newer than configure... done > > configure: creating ./config.status > > config.status: creating Makefile > > + make distdir > > No suffix list. > ?!? What is this? > > > Make: Don't know how to make BrknSymlnk__001. Stop. > > + make -k distdir > > + 1> out 2>& 1 > > + : > > + cat out > > No suffix list. > > Make: Don't know how to make BrknSymlnk__001. Stop. > Just an error message instead of four? Might this be a "make -k" bug? > I've now installed a patch for this; see git commit v1.11-135-g2f8861f "distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched 'make -k'", and the message on automake-patches: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-12/msg00121.html> I'm not sure if that really solves the problem above, though. If anyone can do proper testing, please let me know what the results are. Regards, Stefano