Severity: minor Reference: <http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11306#11>
On 04/22/2012 08:10 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > > [SNIP] > > Modifying a test apparently requires me to have the same exact Autoconf > version (2.68) as you did. What an annoyance! I have to proceed like this: > > 1. On a machine with autoconf 2.68: > - Unpack a fresh automake-1.11d directory. > $ ./configure; make # This is necessary to build 'automake'. > - Then only! change t/lex-libobj.sh > $ make # This uses the built 'automake'. > $ make distclean > 2. Copy this directory to the target machine (without autoconf 2.68). > 3. $ ./configure; make > $ make check TESTS=t/lex-libobj > I agree this situation is suboptimal and can hinder on-field testing by the users that are not automake developers. I will fix this soonish. Thanks, Stefano
