On Saturday 16 April 2011, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > > The fact is that, currently, the Automake test scripts are run with > > /bin/sh instead of with $SHELL, but the self-check-*.test tests have > > been written to use $SHELL to test testsuite internals. I was hoping > > that this inconsistency would have soon been solved by the patch of > > mine that forced test scripts to run with configure-determined $SHELL, > > but that patch is still pending. > > Oh, in that case I agree: improving the infrastructure seems better > than making the tests skip. > > > See: > > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-01/msg00033.html> > > There, you wrote that you were going to push Sunday night. > But that was over four months ago. > I guess there are still pending objections? > At this point, I suspect it might just be some sort of communication error.
Ralf, ping on that patch? Reference: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2011-01/msg00033.html> Thanks, Stefano
