The test-vc-list-files-cvs.sh self test appears to fail on minimal debian lenny installations:
http://autobuild.josefsson.org/gnulib/log-200902170434329384000.txt http://autobuild.josefsson.org/gnulib/log-200902170444490420000.txt However it works on debian etch x86: http://autobuild.josefsson.org/gnulib/log-200902161404242866000.txt I can't reproduce it using: gnulib-tool --test --with-tests vc-list-files on my debian lenny system, but it has many more packages installed and has been upgraded from etch, so it may be different. Looking at the test-vc-list-files-cvs.sh code, it seems to do some things different depending on whether 'cvsu' is installed. My system indeed has it, but I believe the first two systems do not. Does the test output ring any bells for anyone? --- expected 2009-02-17 01:16:46.000000000 -0800 +++ actual 2009-02-17 01:16:47.000000000 -0800 @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -b -c -d/a +.b +.c +da --- expected 2009-02-17 01:16:48.000000000 -0800 +++ actual 2009-02-17 01:16:48.000000000 -0800 @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -b -c -d/a +.b +.c +da FAIL: test-vc-list-files-cvs.sh Thanks, /Simon