Re: bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-10-22 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 19 October 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Reference: > > > I've rebased my patch on the "fixup" commit `v1.11-250-g0c0b402', and > I will merge it to maint (and push) in a couple of days if there is > no objection by then. The u

Re: bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-10-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Reference: I've rebased my patch on the "fixup" commit `v1.11-250-g0c0b402', and I will merge it to maint (and push) in a couple of days if there is no objection by then. The updated patch is attached, for reference. Regards, Stefano From d

Re: bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-03-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 04 March 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello Peter, all, and sorry for the delay, > > * Peter Breitenlohner wrote on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 04:22:32PM CET: > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > >Through testing I found out again that DejaGNU does not cope with white > >

Re: bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-03-04 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Peter, all, and sorry for the delay, * Peter Breitenlohner wrote on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 04:22:32PM CET: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > >Through testing I found out again that DejaGNU does not cope with white > >space in absolute directory names anyway, regardless of srcd

Re: bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hello Ralf, and sorry for the late reply. On Friday 14 January 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 06:29:39PM CET: > > Ralf Wildenhues writes: > > > > > Am I correct in assuming that it is hopeless to assume GCC will work > > > when either values are re

Re: bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Through testing I found out again that DejaGNU does not cope with white space in absolute directory names anyway, regardless of srcdir being relative or absolute. That obviates my first point. Remains only the fairly minor src+build-tree relocatabili

Re: bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 06:29:39PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues writes: > > > Am I correct in assuming that it is hopeless to assume GCC will work > > when either values are relative? > > Actually, as far as I know, GCC is likely to work with a relative > srcdir. The problem a