On Sunday 14 November 2010, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > > FAIL: silentlex.test (exit: 1) > > ============================== > > > > /tmp/am/build-alphaev67-dec-osf5.1/tests:/tmp/local/alphaev67-dec-osf5.1/bin > > :/tmp/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/opt/svr4/bin:/etc:/usr/etc > > :/usr/dt/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/ucb > > silentlex: running flex --version > > flex version 2.5.3 > > + pwd > > /tmp/am/build-alphaev67-dec-osf5.1/tests/silentlex.dir > > + set -e > > + mkdir sub > > + cat > > + cat > > + cat > > + cat > > + cp foo.l sub/bar.l > > + aclocal-1.11a -Werror > > + automake-1.11a --foreign -Werror -Wall --add-missing > > configure.in:5: installing `./compile' > > configure.in: installing `./ylwrap' > > + autoconf > > + ./configure --enable-silent-rules > > [MEGA-CUT] > > > + rm -f foo.c sub/bar.c > > + ./configure am_cv_CC_dependencies_compiler_type=gcc --enable-silent-rules > > OK, so here I force gcc depmode ... > > > checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c > > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d > > checking for gawk... no > > checking for mawk... no > > checking for nawk... nawk > > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes > > checking for style of include used by make... GNU > > checking for gcc... no > > checking for cc... cc > > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out > > checking whether the C compiler works... yes > > checking whether we are cross compiling... no > > checking for suffix of executables... > > checking for suffix of object files... o > > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... no > > checking whether cc accepts -g... yes > > checking for cc option to accept ISO C89... none needed > > checking dependency style of cc... (cached) gcc > > checking whether cc understands -c and -o together... yes > > checking for flex... flex > > checking lex output file root... lex.yy > > checking lex library... -ll > > checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes > > checking that generated files are newer than configure... done > > configure: creating ./config.status > > config.status: creating Makefile > > config.status: creating sub/Makefile > > config.status: executing depfiles commands > > + make > > cc: Severe: No such file or directory > > ... file is '.deps/bar.TPo' > > ... but the C compiler is clearly not gcc-compatible in this respect. > Oh, and I'm seeing a similar failure with the SunStudio C compiler! So my explanation is probably correct, and I can write and test a patch even without access to a Tru64/OSF system. > My bad I guess. The solution might be splitting silentlex.test in two > sister tests: > - silentlex-generic.test, trying only default depmode and disabled > depmode; and > - silentlex-gcc.test, trying trying gcc depmode and having `gcc' in > $required. > > And maybe something similar should be done for silentyacc.test too. > *And* for silent5.test.
I'll try to cook up a patch once my patches "Fix spurious Lex/Yacc-related failures in tests `silent*.test' w.r.t. Solaris XPG4 make.": <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2010-11/msg00221.html> have been applied (to spare myself unnecessary conflicts). Regards, Stefano
