> The attached patch should solve the issue. Could you give it a try?
Let's see if I applied that correctly : $ diff t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid.sh_backup t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid.sh 57c57,62 < test ! -x '$(libexecdir)/bar.h' --- > ## If this test is run as root, "test -x" could suceed also for > ## non-executable files, so we need to protect the next check. > ## See automake bug#12041. > if test -x Makefile; then echo SKIP THIS; else \ > test ! -x '$(libexecdir)/bar.h'; \ > fi; $ looks good. If I su - then run the test I now see : bash-3.2# bash-3.2# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=1(other),2(bin),3(sys),4(adm),5(uucp),6(mail),7(tty),8(lp),9(nuucp),12(daemon) bash-3.2# make check TESTS=t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid AM_MAKEFLAGS='TESTS="$(TESTS)"' make TESTS="t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid" t/wrap/aclocal-1.12 t/wrap/automake-1.12 t/ax/test-init.sh t/ax/plain-functions.sh t/ax/tap-functions.sh \ defs-static `t/wrap/aclocal-1.12' is up to date. `t/wrap/automake-1.12' is up to date. `t/ax/test-init.sh' is up to date. `t/ax/plain-functions.sh' is up to date. `t/ax/tap-functions.sh' is up to date. `defs-static' is up to date. make TESTS="t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid" check-TESTS check-local PASS: t/primary-prefix-couples-force-valid.sh ============================================================================ Testsuite summary for GNU Automake 1.12.2 ============================================================================ # TOTAL: 1 # PASS: 1 # SKIP: 0 # XFAIL: 0 # FAIL: 0 # XPASS: 0 # ERROR: 0 ============================================================================ bash-3.2# So that seems to fix that. However I am fairly certian that all files are not executable from the perspective of the root user. That seems absurd. bash-3.2# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=1(other),2(bin),3(sys),4(adm),5(uucp),6(mail),7(tty),8(lp),9(nuucp),12(daemon) bash-3.2# ls -lap total 37 drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 7 Jul 25 12:29 ./ drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 26 Jul 14 01:46 ../ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55 Jul 25 12:29 look.sh -rwx------ 1 root root 1990 Jul 25 12:27 set.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8600 Jul 25 12:27 x -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172 Jul 25 12:24 x.c -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 285 Jul 25 12:25 y.c bash-3.2# bash-3.2# cat look.sh #!/bin/ksh if test -x x.c; then echo "ta da" fi bash-3.2# bash-3.2# ./look.sh bash-3.2# bash-3.2# vi thus.sh #!/bin/ksh if test -x look.sh; then echo "executable bit seen" fi ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "thus.sh" [New file] bash-3.2# chmod 755 thus.sh bash-3.2# ./thus.sh executable bit seen Dennis