On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 06:04:30PM +0200, Stepan Kasal wrote: > I think I have found the bug now.
... > The fix is obvious: `autom4te' should always create the output file, > if --force was given. Patch attached. > I committed it to the Autoconf CVS. > > Greg, if you are willing to test the fix, then please build and > install CVS Autoconf or apply the patch to autoconf-2.60 and build > and install it. Then apply Ralf's patch to acloca20.test (--force). > Then the test should pass. Indeed it does! No failures at all now :-) Ralf's (first) patch is definitely required though.. Many thanks to both of you for figuring this one out. Regards Greg