Hi, the "make check" asks that the result be emailed to this address. I built automake 1.9.6 on a Solaris 10 system using gcc version 3.4.3 and got the following output. Please let me know if you would like further info:
-bash-3.00$ make check Making check in . make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6' Making check in doc make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/doc' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/doc' Making check in m4 make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/m4' make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/m4' Making check in lib make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib' Making check in Automake make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/Automake' Making check in tests make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/Automake/tests' make check-TESTS make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/Automake/tests' PASS: Condition.pl PASS: DisjConditions.pl PASS: Version.pl PASS: Wrap.pl ================== All 4 tests passed ================== make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/Automake/tests' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/Automake/tests' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/Automake' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/Automake' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/Automake' Making check in am make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/am' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib/am' make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib' make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/lib' Making check in tests make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/tests' make defs aclocal-1.9 automake-1.9 make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/tests' make[2]: `defs' is up to date. make[2]: `aclocal-1.9' is up to date. make[2]: `automake-1.9' is up to date. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/tests' make check-TESTS make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/tests' PASS: aclibobj.test PASS: aclocal.test PASS: aclocal3.test PASS: aclocal4.test PASS: aclocal5.test PASS: aclocal6.test PASS: aclocal7.test PASS: aclocal8.test PASS: aclocal9.test PASS: acloca10.test PASS: acloca11.test PASS: acloca12.test PASS: acloca13.test PASS: acloca14.test PASS: acloca15.test PASS: acloca16.test PASS: acloca17.test PASS: acloca19.test PASS: acoutnoq.test PASS: acoutpt.test PASS: acoutpt2.test PASS: acoutqnl.test PASS: acoutbs.test PASS: acsilent.test PASS: acsubst.test PASS: acsubst2.test PASS: all.test PASS: alloca.test PASS: alloca2.test PASS: alpha.test PASS: alpha2.test PASS: amassign.test PASS: ammissing.test PASS: ansi.test PASS: ansi2.test PASS: ansi3.test PASS: ansi3b.test PASS: ansi4.test PASS: ansi5.test PASS: ansi6.test PASS: ansi7.test PASS: ansi8.test PASS: ansi9.test PASS: ansi10.test PASS: ar.test PASS: ar2.test PASS: asm.test PASS: autohdr.test PASS: autohdr2.test PASS: autohdr3.test PASS: autohdr4.test PASS: auxdir.test XFAIL: auxdir2.test PASS: auxdir3.test PASS: auxdir4.test PASS: backsl.test PASS: backsl2.test PASS: backsl3.test PASS: backsl4.test PASS: badline.test PASS: badprog.test PASS: block.test PASS: bsource.test PASS: canon.test PASS: canon2.test PASS: canon3.test PASS: canon4.test PASS: canon5.test PASS: ccnoco.test PASS: check.test PASS: check2.test PASS: check3.test PASS: check4.test PASS: checkall.test PASS: clean.test PASS: clean2.test PASS: colneq.test PASS: colneq2.test PASS: colon.test PASS: colon2.test PASS: colon3.test PASS: colon4.test PASS: colon5.test PASS: colon6.test PASS: colon7.test PASS: comment.test PASS: comment2.test PASS: comment3.test PASS: comment4.test PASS: comment5.test PASS: comment6.test PASS: comment7.test PASS: comment8.test PASS: comment9.test PASS: commen10.test PASS: compile.test PASS: compile_f90_c_cxx.test PASS: compile_f_c_cxx.test PASS: cond.test PASS: cond2.test PASS: cond3.test PASS: cond4.test PASS: cond5.test PASS: cond6.test PASS: cond7.test PASS: cond8.test PASS: cond9.test PASS: cond10.test PASS: cond11.test PASS: cond13.test PASS: cond14.test PASS: cond15.test PASS: cond16.test XFAIL: cond17.test PASS: cond18.test PASS: cond19.test PASS: cond20.test PASS: cond21.test PASS: cond22.test PASS: cond23.test PASS: cond24.test PASS: cond25.test PASS: cond26.test PASS: cond27.test PASS: cond28.test PASS: cond29.test PASS: cond30.test PASS: cond31.test 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depcomp3.test SKIP: depcomp4.test SKIP: depcomp5.test PASS: depdist.test PASS: depend.test PASS: depend2.test PASS: depend3.test PASS: depend4.test PASS: destdir.test PASS: dirforbid.test PASS: dirlist.test PASS: discover.test PASS: distcom2.test PASS: distcom3.test PASS: distcom4.test PASS: distcom5.test PASS: distcom6.test PASS: distcom7.test PASS: distdir.test PASS: distname.test PASS: dollar.test PASS: double.test PASS: dup2.test PASS: else.test PASS: empty.test PASS: empty2.test PASS: empty3.test PASS: empty4.test PASS: exdir.test PASS: exdir2.test PASS: exeext.test PASS: exeext2.test PASS: exeext3.test PASS: exeext4.test PASS: exsource.test PASS: ext.test PASS: ext2.test PASS: extra.test PASS: extra3.test PASS: extra4.test PASS: extra5.test PASS: extra6.test PASS: extra7.test PASS: f90only.test PASS: flibs.test PASS: fn99.test PASS: fnoc.test PASS: fo.test PASS: fonly.test PASS: fortdep.test PASS: fpinst2.test PASS: fpinstall.test PASS: gcj.test PASS: gcj2.test PASS: gcj3.test SKIP: gcj4.test PASS: gcj5.test PASS: getopt.test PASS: gettext.test PASS: gettext2.test PASS: gnumake.test PASS: gnuwarn.test PASS: gnuwarn2.test PASS: gnits.test PASS: gnits2.test PASS: gnits3.test PASS: header.test PASS: help.test PASS: hfs.test PASS: hosts.test PASS: implicit.test PASS: include.test PASS: include2.test PASS: info.test PASS: insh2.test PASS: install2.test PASS: installdir.test PASS: instsh.test PASS: instsh2.test PASS: instdat.test PASS: instdat2.test PASS: instexec.test PASS: insthook.test PASS: instman.test PASS: instman2.test PASS: instspc.test PASS: interp.test PASS: interp2.test PASS: java.test PASS: java2.test PASS: java3.test PASS: javaprim.test PASS: javasubst.test PASS: ldadd.test PASS: ldflags.test PASS: lex.test PASS: lex2.test PASS: lex3.test PASS: lex4.test PASS: lex5.test PASS: libobj2.test PASS: libobj3.test PASS: libobj4.test PASS: libobj5.test PASS: libobj7.test PASS: libobj8.test PASS: libobj10.test PASS: libobj11.test PASS: libobj12.test PASS: libobj13.test PASS: libobj14.test PASS: library.test PASS: library2.test PASS: library3.test PASS: libtool.test PASS: libtool2.test PASS: libtool3.test PASS: libtool4.test PASS: libtool5.test PASS: libtool6.test PASS: libtool7.test PASS: libtool8.test PASS: license.test PASS: link_c_cxx.test PASS: link_dist.test PASS: link_f90_only.test PASS: link_fc.test PASS: link_fccxx.test PASS: link_fcxx.test PASS: link_f_only.test PASS: lisp2.test SKIP: lisp3.test SKIP: lisp4.test SKIP: lisp5.test SKIP: lisp6.test PASS: lisp7.test SKIP: lisp8.test PASS: listval.test PASS: location.test PASS: longline.test PASS: longlin2.test PASS: ltcond.test PASS: ltcond2.test FAIL: ltconv.test PASS: ltdeps.test PASS: ltlibobjs.test PASS: ltlibsrc.test PASS: maintclean.test PASS: make.test PASS: makej.test PASS: makevars.test PASS: man.test PASS: man2.test PASS: mclean.test PASS: mdate.test PASS: mdate2.test PASS: mdate3.test PASS: mdate4.test PASS: missing.test PASS: missing2.test PASS: missing3.test PASS: mkinstall.test PASS: mkinst2.test PASS: mkinst3.test PASS: multlib.test PASS: nobase.test PASS: nodef.test PASS: nodef2.test PASS: nodep.test PASS: nodepcomp.test PASS: nodist.test PASS: nodist2.test PASS: nodist3.test PASS: nogzip.test PASS: nogzip2.test PASS: noinst.test PASS: noinstdir.test PASS: nolink.test PASS: nostdinc.test PASS: number.test PASS: obsolete.test PASS: order.test PASS: outdir.test PASS: output.test PASS: output2.test PASS: output3.test PASS: output4.test PASS: output5.test PASS: output6.test PASS: output7.test PASS: output8.test PASS: output9.test PASS: output10.test PASS: overrid.test PASS: parse.test PASS: percent.test PASS: percent2.test PASS: phony.test PASS: pluseq.test PASS: pluseq2.test PASS: pluseq3.test PASS: pluseq4.test PASS: pluseq5.test PASS: pluseq6.test PASS: pluseq7.test PASS: pluseq8.test PASS: pluseq9.test PASS: pluseq10.test PASS: postproc.test PASS: ppf77.test PASS: pr2.test PASS: pr9.test PASS: pr72.test PASS: pr87.test PASS: pr204.test PASS: pr211.test PASS: pr220.test PASS: pr224.test PASS: pr229.test PASS: pr243.test PASS: pr266.test PASS: pr279.test PASS: pr279-2.test PASS: pr287.test PASS: pr300-lib.test PASS: pr300-ltlib.test PASS: pr300-prog.test PASS: pr307.test PASS: prefix.test PASS: primary.test PASS: primary2.test PASS: primary3.test PASS: proginst.test PASS: python.test PASS: python2.test PASS: python3.test PASS: python4.test PASS: python5.test PASS: python6.test PASS: python7.test PASS: python8.test PASS: python9.test PASS: python10.test PASS: python11.test PASS: python12.test PASS: recurs.test PASS: recurs2.test PASS: remake.test PASS: remake2.test PASS: remake3.test PASS: remake4.test PASS: remake5.test PASS: regex.test PASS: req.test PASS: reqd.test PASS: reqd2.test PASS: rulepat.test PASS: scripts.test PASS: seenc.test PASS: sinclude.test PASS: srcsub.test PASS: srcsub2.test PASS: space.test PASS: specflg.test PASS: specflg2.test PASS: specflg3.test PASS: specflg6.test PASS: specflg7.test PASS: specflg8.test PASS: specflg9.test PASS: spell.test PASS: spell2.test PASS: spell3.test PASS: spelling.test FAIL: spy.test PASS: stamph2.test PASS: stdlib.test PASS: stdlib2.test PASS: strip.test PASS: subdir.test PASS: subdir2.test PASS: subdir3.test PASS: subdir4.test PASS: subdir5.test PASS: subdir6.test PASS: subdir7.test PASS: subdir8.test PASS: subdir9.test PASS: subdirbuiltsources.test PASS: subcond.test PASS: subcond2.test PASS: subcond3.test PASS: subobj.test PASS: subobj2.test PASS: subobj3.test PASS: subobj4.test PASS: subobj5.test PASS: subobj6.test PASS: subobj7.test PASS: subobj8.test PASS: subobj9.test PASS: subobjname.test PASS: subpkg.test PASS: subpkg2.test FAIL: subst.test PASS: subst2.test PASS: substref.test PASS: substre2.test PASS: substtarg.test PASS: suffix.test PASS: suffix2.test PASS: suffix3.test PASS: suffix4.test PASS: suffix5.test PASS: suffix6.test PASS: suffix7.test PASS: suffix8.test PASS: suffix9.test PASS: suffix10.test PASS: suffix11.test PASS: symlink.test PASS: symlink2.test PASS: symlink3.test PASS: syntax.test PASS: tags.test SKIP: tagsub.test PASS: tar.test PASS: tar2.test PASS: tar3.test PASS: target-cflags.test PASS: targetclash.test PASS: txinfo.test PASS: txinfo2.test SKIP: txinfo3.test PASS: txinfo4.test XFAIL: txinfo5.test PASS: txinfo6.test PASS: txinfo7.test PASS: txinfo8.test PASS: txinfo9.test PASS: txinfo10.test SKIP: txinfo13.test SKIP: txinfo16.test PASS: txinfo17.test SKIP: txinfo18.test SKIP: txinfo19.test PASS: txinfo20.test SKIP: txinfo21.test SKIP: txinfo22.test SKIP: txinfo23.test SKIP: txinfo24.test SKIP: txinfo25.test PASS: txinfo26.test PASS: txinfo27.test SKIP: txinfo28.test PASS: txinfo29.test PASS: txinfo30.test PASS: transform.test PASS: unused.test PASS: vars.test PASS: vars3.test PASS: vartar.test PASS: version.test PASS: version2.test PASS: version3.test PASS: version4.test PASS: version6.test SKIP: version7.test PASS: vpath.test PASS: vtexi.test PASS: vtexi2.test PASS: warnopts.test PASS: werror.test PASS: werror2.test PASS: whoami.test PASS: xsource.test PASS: yacc.test PASS: yacc2.test PASS: yacc3.test PASS: yacc4.test PASS: yacc5.test PASS: yacc6.test PASS: yacc7.test PASS: yacc8.test PASS: yaccpp.test PASS: yaccvpath.test ===================================== 3 of 540 tests failed (27 tests were not run) Please report to bug-automake@gnu.org ===================================== make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/tests' make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/pkg/automake/automake-1.9.6/tests' make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1 Jim McCullars University of Alabama in Huntsville