Hello Ian. On Wednesday 12 January 2011, Ian Lance wrote: > When automake is configured to use DejaGNU, it uses two different values > for srcdir. There are two different cases in lib/am/dejagnu.am: > > The first is in check-DEJAGNU: > > check-DEJAGNU: site.exp > ## Life is easiest with an absolute srcdir, so do that. > srcdir=`$(am__cd) $(srcdir) && pwd`; export srcdir; \ > > This value is passed to runtest with a --srcdir option. > > The second is in site.exp: > > site.exp: Makefile > @echo 'Making a new site.exp file...' > @echo '## these variables are automatically generated by make ##' > >site.tmp > @echo '# Do not edit here. If you wish to override these values' > >>site.tmp > @echo '# edit the last section' >>site.tmp > @echo 'set srcdir $(srcdir)' >>site.tmp > > This value is read by DejaGNU after option processing is complete, > effectively overwriting the value passed with the --srcdir option. > > The value of srcdir stored in site.exp should be an absolute path, just > like the value passed to runtest via --srcdir. > Are you sure about this? Why then is the attached testcase working (for me at least)?
Please note that I'm a total Tcl/DejaGnu noob, so it might likely be that I'm missing something obvious here. In that case, just point out my mistake, and sorry in advance! Regards, Stefano
dejagnu-srcdir-is-absolute.test
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