Hi Sergey, Here's a patch I found useful. There's probably a way to make AS_ECHO_N work in this context, but IMHO, the obfuscation is not worth the nominal portability, since this type of trivial printf use has worked everywhere for a decade or so.
Thanks, Jim >From d9eb3f100a11321903579ef2bb075cdca8e7389d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <meyer...@fb.com> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:27:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] tests: avoid test failure with non-ancient autoconf Running "make check" would fail with this: T-nonl.at:30: error: m4_divert_push: cannot change diversion to `GROW' inside m4_expand * tests/T-nonl.at: Use printf in place of AS_ECHO_N. These days, printf should work for everyone. --- tests/T-nonl.at | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tests/T-nonl.at b/tests/T-nonl.at index c14dfb2..9cfa943 100644 --- a/tests/T-nonl.at +++ b/tests/T-nonl.at @@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ AT_KEYWORDS([files-from nonewline nonl T-nonl]) AT_TAR_CHECK([ genfile --length=0 --file empty -AS_ECHO_N(c) > 1.nonl -echo d > 2.nonl -AS_ECHO_N(e) >> 2.nonl +printf c > 1.nonl +printf 'd\ne' > 2.nonl touch a b c d e AT_DATA([filelist],[a b @@ -59,4 +58,3 @@ c [],[],[],[ustar]) AT_CLEANUP - -- 2.17.0.rc1.35.g90bbd502d
