bug#16291: Use of /bin/rm

2013-12-29 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello! While upgrading the GNU system to Automake 1.14.1, I noticed that a few tests emit warnings like this: --8---cut here---start-8--- SKIP: t/spy-rm.tap 1 # SKIP /bin/rm not found PASS: t/spy-rm.tap 2 - rm -f SKIP: t/spy-rm.tap 3 # SKIP /bin/rm not found

bug#16291: Use of /bin/rm

2013-12-29 Thread Stefano Lattarini
tags 16291 notabug close 16291 stop On 12/29/2013 10:49 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: Hello! While upgrading the GNU system to Automake 1.14.1, I noticed that a few tests emit warnings like this: SKIPs are not warning, just informative messages explaining why some tests couldn't be run.

bug#15949: Apparently out-of-date warning

2013-12-29 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 12/27/2013 09:36 PM, Reuben Thomas wrote: On 26 December 2013 15:39, Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.comwrote: But AM_PROG_AR truly does not define $RANLIB itself. Perhaps you are using libtool and calling AC_PROG_LIBTOOL or LT_INIT? Probably. So, how about changing the

bug#15949: Apparently out-of-date warning

2013-12-29 Thread Reuben Thomas
On 29 December 2013 22:24, Stefano Lattarini stefano.lattar...@gmail.comwrote: AM_PROG_AR is only required for people interested in having their package buildable with Microsoft tools And we can't make AM_PROG_AR an automatic default? What would be the downside? (Sorry if I'm being a pain,