On 01/05/2012 11:13 PM, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Hi!
>
Hi Peter, thanks for the report.
> "ln -s" on MSYS does not create a symlink, instead it makes a
> regular copy. Lots of test cases (on master) FAIL due to this.
>
> "test -h foo" will simply not return success on MSYS, ever.
>
> Affected tests (that I have noticed):
> add-missing.tap (lots of failing test cases)
> copy.test
>
The attached patch should take care of the problem. Tested using
this script in PATH as the `ln' program:
#!/bin/bash
declare -a args=()
for i in "$@"; do
test x"$i" = x"-s" && continue
args=("${args[@]}" "$i")
done
exec /bin/ln "${args[@]}"
I will push after your ACK or in 48 hours, whichever comes first.
Regards,
Stefano
>From 7fe475b6ef6dd3e55f609e80f4c203d99c3890c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-Id: <7fe475b6ef6dd3e55f609e80f4c203d99c3890c5.1326027223.git.stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 13:36:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tests: avoid many spurious failures on MSYS due to lack of
symlinks
Fixes automake bug#10441.
* tests/add-missing.tap: Do not assume the system supports real
symlinks, as this is not the case for MinGW/MSYS. Skip checks
that would spuriously fail in that situation.
* tests/copy.test: Likewise.
Reported by Peter Rosin.
---
tests/add-missing.tap | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
tests/copy.test | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tests/add-missing.tap b/tests/add-missing.tap
index 36f7676..4f5d682 100755
--- a/tests/add-missing.tap
+++ b/tests/add-missing.tap
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ else
am_diff=diff
fi
+# MinGW/MSYS lacks real symlinks, so we'll have to skip some checks
+# on that system. More details below.
+echo dummy > foo
+if ln -s foo bar && test -h bar; then
+ have_true_symlinks=yes
+else
+ have_true_symlinks=no
+fi
+rm -f foo bar
+
cat > configure.stub << END
AC_INIT([$me], [1.0])
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([$build_aux])
@@ -195,19 +205,26 @@ check_ ()
"$pfx all and only expected files installed" \
$am_diff files.exp files.got
# The files should be copied by `--copy' and symlinked otherwise.
+ # But these checks make no sense on systems like MSYS/MinGW where
+ # there are no true symlinks ('ln -s' behaves like 'cp -p'), so be
+ # ready to skip the checks in that case. See automake bug#10441.
for f in $files; do
- if test -h $build_aux/$f; then
- is_symlink=yes
+ if test $have_true_symlinks = no; then
+ skip_ -r "system lacks true symlinks" "$pfx $f is a symlink or not"
else
- is_symlink=no
+ if test -h $build_aux/$f; then
+ is_symlink=yes
+ else
+ is_symlink=no
+ fi
+ case $action,$is_symlink in
+ link,yes) ok_ "$pfx $f has been symlinked" ;;
+ link,no) not_ok_ "$pfx $f has not been symlinked" ;;
+ copy,yes) not_ok_ "$pfx $f has been symlinked" ;;
+ copy,no) ok_ "$pfx $f has not been symlinked" ;;
+ *) fatal_ "invalid condition in case" ;;
+ esac
fi
- case $action,$is_symlink in
- link,yes) ok_ "$pfx $f has been symlinked" ;;
- link,no) not_ok_ "$pfx $f has not been symlinked" ;;
- copy,yes) not_ok_ "$pfx $f has been symlinked" ;;
- copy,no) ok_ "$pfx $f has not been symlinked" ;;
- *) fatal_ "invalid condition in case" ;;
- esac
done
# Now that the required auxiliary files have been installed, automake
# should not complain anymore even if the `--add-missing' option is
diff --git a/tests/copy.test b/tests/copy.test
index 8ad3f2a..d8aa090 100755
--- a/tests/copy.test
+++ b/tests/copy.test
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation,
-# Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@
. ./defs || Exit 1
+# We'll have to cater to systems like MSYS/MinGW where there are no
+# true symlinks ('ln -s' behaves like 'cp -p'); see automake bug#10441.
+
+echo dummy > foo
+if ln -s foo bar && test -h bar; then
+ is_symlink () { test -h "$1"; }
+ is_not_symlink () { test ! -h "$1"; }
+else
+ is_symlink () { return 0; } # Avoid spurious failures.
+ is_not_symlink () { return 0; }
+fi
+rm -f foo bar
+
# First a simple test, where the auxdir is automatically determined
# by automake.
@@ -31,7 +44,7 @@ $AUTOMAKE -c -a
ls -l # For debugging.
test -f install-sh
-test ! -h install-sh
+is_not_symlink install-sh
# Let's do a couple of more elaborated tests, this time with the auxdir
# explicitly defined in configure.in.
@@ -62,9 +75,9 @@ echo FAKE-DEPCOMP > auxdir/depcomp
$AUTOMAKE -a
ls -l auxdir # For debugging.
test -f auxdir/install-sh
-test -h auxdir/install-sh
+is_symlink auxdir/install-sh
test -f auxdir/depcomp
-test ! -h auxdir/depcomp
+is_not_symlink auxdir/depcomp
test FAKE-DEPCOMP = `cat auxdir/depcomp`
# `automake -a -c' should not create symlinks, even when there are
@@ -79,11 +92,11 @@ cd ..
$AUTOMAKE -a -c
ls -l auxdir # For debugging.
test -f auxdir/install-sh
-test -h auxdir/install-sh
+is_symlink auxdir/install-sh
test -f auxdir/missing
-test -h auxdir/missing
+is_symlink auxdir/missing
test -f auxdir/depcomp
-test ! -h auxdir/depcomp
+is_not_symlink auxdir/depcomp
diff "$am_scriptdir"/depcomp auxdir/depcomp
:
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