bug#12142: automake tries to compile a program when 'foo' and 'foo.cxx' exist (though the former is header)

2012-08-14 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2012-08-07 18:12 +0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 08/06/2012 11:20 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > > On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:38:08 +0200 > > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > > >> On 08/05/2012 11:45 AM, Michał Górny wrote: [...] > >>> My library was structured like the following: > >>> > >>> - src/fo

bug#12198: [PATCH] tests: fixup: make distcheck-override-infodir pass again

2012-08-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
tags 12198 + patch severity 12198 minor close 12198 thanks On 08/14/2012 07:49 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: > On 2012-08-14 18:53, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> On 08/14/2012 06:44 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >>> Hi Peter, thanks for the report and the fix. >>> >>> On 08/14/2012 03:25 PM, Peter Rosin wro

bug#12184: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - 4 tests FAIL on Solaris 10 Sparc

2012-08-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 08/14/2012 07:33 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > No ones fault other than the jerks at Sun followed by the much > larger jerks at Oracle. > While I might sympathize with your frustration, I *strongly* ask you to refrain from name-calling on this list. Using harsh words against problematic/buggy soft

bug#12198: [PATCH] tests: fixup: make distcheck-override-infodir pass again

2012-08-14 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2012-08-14 18:53, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 08/14/2012 06:44 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> Hi Peter, thanks for the report and the fix. >> >> On 08/14/2012 03:25 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: >>> >>> Ok to push this fix to maint? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Peter >>> >>> [Subject] tests: fixup: make dist

bug#12184: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - 4 tests FAIL on Solaris 10 Sparc

2012-08-14 Thread Dennis Clarke
> > http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278 > > > This should actually go to the grep list though, not to the automake > one ... Or am I missing something? I as just illustrating that the portability issue is all over the place and in many software projects. It really doesn't matter if one lo

bug#12184: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - 4 tests FAIL on Solaris 10 Sparc

2012-08-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 08/14/2012 05:30 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >>> Hey man, get off my soap box! I was here first. :-) >>> >> Yeah, I noticed too late :-) (after reading the latest messages >> in the bug-grep list). > > I went through a little pain with pcre also but sorted it all > out by determining that th

bug#12198: automake 1.12.3 self-tests failure: t/distcheck-override-infodir

2012-08-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 08/14/2012 03:38 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: > On 2012-08-14 15:14, Simon Josefsson wrote: >> Hi. It builds and passes self-checks except for the >> t/distcheck-override-infodir test. Output below. >> >> /Simon >> >> FAIL: t/distcheck-override-infodir > > A post is (soon) available in automake-pat

bug#12198: [PATCH] tests: fixup: make distcheck-override-infodir pass again

2012-08-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 08/14/2012 06:44 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Hi Peter, thanks for the report and the fix. > > On 08/14/2012 03:25 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: >> >> Ok to push this fix to maint? >> >> Cheers, >> Peter >> >> [Subject] tests: fixup: make distcheck-override-infodir pass again >> > I'd suggest being

bug#12184: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - 4 tests FAIL on Solaris 10 Sparc

2012-08-14 Thread Dennis Clarke
> > Hey man, get off my soap box! I was here first. :-) > > > Yeah, I noticed too late :-) (after reading the latest messages > in the bug-grep list). I went through a little pain with pcre also but sorted it all out by determining that the output makefiles were assuming Linux, as usual, and a

bug#12198: automake 1.12.3 self-tests failure: t/distcheck-override-infodir

2012-08-14 Thread Peter Rosin
On 2012-08-14 15:14, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Hi. It builds and passes self-checks except for the > t/distcheck-override-infodir test. Output below. > > /Simon > > FAIL: t/distcheck-override-infodir A post is (soon) available in automake-patches, I posted it 10 minutes before seeing your repor

bug#12198: automake 1.12.3 self-tests failure: t/distcheck-override-infodir

2012-08-14 Thread Simon Josefsson
Hi. It builds and passes self-checks except for the t/distcheck-override-infodir test. Output below. /Simon FAIL: t/distcheck-override-infodir == distcheck-override-infodir: running makeinfo --version makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.13 Copyright © 2008 Free Software F

bug#12184: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - 4 tests FAIL on Solaris 10 Sparc

2012-08-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 08/14/2012 02:20 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > cc: 12...@debbugs.gnu.org > >> On 08/13/2012 01:46 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> >>> At least I can get results in one hour now. :-\ >>> >>> [SNIP] >>> >> Same as before: the only actual failure is: >> >> FAIL: t/silent-many-generic >> ===

bug#12184: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - 4 tests FAIL on Solaris 10 Sparc

2012-08-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 08/13/2012 08:47 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > - Original Message - > From: Stefano Lattarini > Date: Monday, August 13, 2012 8:21 am > Subject: Re: bug#12184: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - 4 tests FAIL on Solaris 10 Sparc > To: Dennis Clarke > Cc: 12...@debbugs.gnu.org > > >> On 08/13/20

bug#12184: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - 4 tests FAIL on Solaris 10 Sparc

2012-08-14 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 08/13/2012 08:10 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > >>> I suggest you try building with a recent version of gcc. >>> >>> If you really must use that other compiler, consider >>> instrumenting the failing test to make it report the >>> precise grep command that is failing. If you do, please >>> repo