bug#33819: automake-1.16.1 test failures on NetBSD

2022-02-24 Thread Mike Frysinger
On 24 Feb 2022 11:23, Thomas Klausner wrote: > FAIL: t/distcheck-override-infodir > FAIL: t/instdir-texi > FAIL: t/silent-texi > FAIL: t/txinfo-builddir > FAIL: t/txinfo-clean > FAIL: t/txinfo-info-in-srcdir > FAIL: t/txinfo-include > FAIL: t/txinfo-many-output-formats > FAIL: t/txinfo-many-output-

bug#54063: [PATCH] automake: fall back gracefully when texinfo inputs don't exist

2022-02-24 Thread Mike Frysinger
Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/54063. The function scanning for @setfilename will fall back to a default value if the input doesn't have one defined. But we need to handle the case where the file doesn't even exist before falling back. * bin/automake.in: Scan /dev/null for @setfilename

bug#54063: automake cannot run without generated Texinfo manual

2022-02-24 Thread Mike Frysinger
On 24 Feb 2022 11:19, Patrice Dumas wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 01:52:21AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On 19 Feb 2022 15:03, Patrice Dumas wrote: > > > In Texinfo, we have a texinfo manual which is automatically generated > > > from Pod sections from Texinfo perl modules. When this gener

bug#20713: [PATCH] m4: handle id failures when checking ustar support

2022-02-24 Thread Mike Frysinger
Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/20713. If `id` fails, display a specific warning message to the user. * m4/tar.m4: Check $am_uid & $am_gid if they're unknown. --- m4/tar.m4 | 16 ++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/m4/tar.m4 b/m4/tar.m4 index 7

bug#20713: aclocal/tar.m4 and solaris 5.10

2022-02-24 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Dagobert - thanks. I'm aware of /usr/xpg4/bin. But automake should at least not fail unexpectedly, hence my report. I think Mike's patch will suffice. --cheers, karl.

bug#54063: automake cannot run without generated Texinfo manual

2022-02-24 Thread Patrice Dumas
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 01:52:21AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On 19 Feb 2022 15:03, Patrice Dumas wrote: > > In Texinfo, we have a texinfo manual which is automatically generated > > from Pod sections from Texinfo perl modules. When this generated manual > > is removed, automake cannot run any