AUtoconf test 035 "autom4te preselections" is failing when run with developement versions of aclocal and automake installed in $PATH:
-*-*-*- # -*- compilation -*- 35. tools.at:1162: testing autom4te preselections ... ./tools.at:1168: automake --version || exit 77 stderr: stdout: automake (GNU automake) 1.12a Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Tom Tromey <tro...@redhat.com> and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <a...@gnu.org>. ./tools.at:1169: grep '[1-9]\.[0-9]' stdout || exit 77 stdout: automake (GNU automake) 1.12a License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html> ./tools.at:1170: test ! -f $HOME/.autom4te.cfg || exit 77 stderr: stdout: ./tools.at:1186: aclocal || { ret=$?; test $ret -eq 63 && ret=77; exit $ret; } stderr: ./tools.at:1188: test -d autom4te.cache || exit 77 ./tools.at:1189: autoconf ./tools.at:1197: aclocal stderr: ./tools.at:1198: automake --no-force --add-missing stderr: configure.ac:2: installing './install-sh' configure.ac:2: installing './missing' ./tools.at:1199: autoconf ./tools.at:1200: test "`find configure -newer newer`" = "" || { diff old-requests autom4te.cache/requests; exit 1; } --- /dev/null 2012-07-21 09:44:05.273620958 +0200 +++ /devel/bleeding/src/autoconf/tests/testsuite.dir/at-groups/35/stdout 2012-07-21 17:49:38.000000000 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +67d66 +< 'AM_PROG_INSTALL_SH' => 1, +68a68 +> 'AM_PROG_INSTALL_SH' => 1, +87d86 +< '_LT_AC_TAGCONFIG' => 1, +89c88 +< 'AC_INIT' => 1, +--- +> '_LT_AC_TAGCONFIG' => 1, +91c90 +< '_AM_COND_IF' => 1, +--- +> 'AC_INIT' => 1, +93c92 +< 'AC_SUBST' => 1, +--- +> '_AM_COND_IF' => 1, +95c94 +< 'AC_FC_SRCEXT' => 1, +--- +> 'AC_SUBST' => 1, +96a96 +> 'AC_FC_SRCEXT' => 1, +99d98 +< 'AM_PATH_GUILE' => 1, +100a100 +> 'AM_PATH_GUILE' => 1, +103d102 +< 'AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE' => 1, +105c104 +< 'm4_sinclude' => 1, +--- +> 'AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE' => 1, +106a106 +> 'm4_sinclude' => 1, +111d110 +< 'AM_MAKEFILE_INCLUDE' => 1, +112a112 +> 'AM_MAKEFILE_INCLUDE' => 1, +114d113 +< '_AM_COND_ENDIF' => 1, +115a115 +> '_AM_COND_ENDIF' => 1, +120d119 +< 'include' => 1, +122c121 +< 'AM_PROG_AR' => 1, +--- +> 'include' => 1, +123a123 +> 'AM_PROG_AR' => 1, +125d124 +< 'AM_PROG_FC_C_O' => 1, +126a126 +> 'AM_PROG_FC_C_O' => 1, +128d127 +< 'AH_OUTPUT' => 1, +130c129 +< '_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE' => 1, +--- +> 'AH_OUTPUT' => 1, +132,133c131 +< 'sinclude' => 1, +< 'AM_PROG_CC_C_O' => 1, +--- +> '_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE' => 1, +135,136c133,134 +< 'AM_XGETTEXT_OPTION' => 1, +< 'AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM' => 1, +--- +> 'AM_PROG_CC_C_O' => 1, +> 'sinclude' => 1, +137a136,137 +> 'AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM' => 1, +> 'AM_XGETTEXT_OPTION' => 1, +139a140 +> '_AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS' => 1, ./tools.at:1200: exit code was 1, expected 0 ./tools.at:1200: if test "$automake_version" = "$used_automake_version"; then exit 1; else exit 77; fi ./tools.at:1200: exit code was 1, expected 0 35. tools.at:1162: 35. autom4te preselections (tools.at:1162): FAILED (tools.at:1200) -*-*-*- I don't have time to dig into this right now, so I'm just reporting it. I'd be happy and grateful if somebody can beat me at finding a fix. Regards, Stefano