On openSUSE 12.1, "make check" reports a test failure:
231: configure directories FAILED (base.at:705)
How to reproduce:
$ ./configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu \
--prefix=/arch/x86-linux/gnu-inst-autoconf/2.69 \
CC="gcc -m32 -march=i586" \
CXX="g++ -m32 -march=i586" \
FC="gfortran -m32 -march=i586" \
LDFLAGS="-m32" \
CPPFLAGS=-Wall
$ make
$ make check
Details from tests/testsuite.log:
## ---------------------- ##
## Detailed failed tests. ##
## ---------------------- ##
# -*- compilation -*-
231. base.at:683: testing configure directories ...
./base.at:697: autoconf --force
./base.at:697: /bin/sh -n configure
stderr:
./base.at:699: ./configure $configure_options --libdir=.
stderr:
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --libdir: .
stdout:
./base.at:700: grep 'expected an absolute directory name for --libdir: \.'
stderr
stdout:
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --libdir: .
./base.at:704: ./configure $configure_options --prefix=/usr//
stdout:
configure: loading site script /usr/share/site/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating foo
./base.at:705: cat foo
--- - 2012-04-25 10:23:03.009476526 +0200
+++
/home/bruno/data/build/autoconf-2.69/tests/testsuite.dir/at-groups/231/stdout
2012-04-25 10:23:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib64
This is apparently due to the CONFIG_SITE environment variable that points
to /usr/share/site/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. See
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-automake/2012-04/msg00093.html>
Bruno
