Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Saturday 16 April 2011, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> ... >> >> FAIL: self-check-dir.test (exit: 1) >> >> =================================== >> ... >> >> FAIL: self-check-me.test (exit: 1) >> >> ================================== >> ... >> >> > These failures are due to a known incompatibity in how Zsh handles $0. >> > Anyway, currenty the automake testsuite does not support being run by >> > Zsh, so these failures is not worth worrying about yet. >> >> If they're not worth worrying about now, then perhaps it'd >> be better to skip them than to fail? >> > 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?
