bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Saturday 16 April 2011, 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) > > >> ==

bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
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 inco

bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Jim Meyering
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) >> >> == >> ... >> >> > T

bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
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 > >

bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Jim Meyering
Hi Stefano, Thanks for the speedy reply. Stefano Lattarini wrote: ... > The patch is fine IMHO, I'll apply it in your name ASAP (adding a > reference to this bug report). Thanks. Thanks. ... >> FAIL: self-check-cleanup.test (exit: 1) >> === >> >> ... [CUT] .

bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Saturday 16 April 2011, Jim Meyering wrote: > Hi, > Hi Jim, thanks for the report. > I've just run "make check" on Fedora 15. > Here's one problem, from the log below: > > sed: can't read /:$/d: No such file or directory > > Here's the obvious fix (though it does not make that > particular t

bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Jim, * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:59:33AM CEST: > Subject: [PATCH] depcomp: correct invalid sed invocation > > * lib/depcomp: Insert missing -e before '/:$/d'. > Otherwise, that use of sed would treat '/:$/d' as a file name. Thanks. Merged from the 'fix-depcomp' branch int

bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Jim Meyering
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 te

bug#8508: 8 test failures on Fedora 15

2011-04-16 Thread Jim Meyering
Hi, I've just run "make check" on Fedora 15. Here's one problem, from the log below: sed: can't read /:$/d: No such file or directory Here's the obvious fix (though it does not make that particular test pass, because it has another problem): From f74ec115dce4ae864b6a20606c75faa127b670cb Mon S