bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-10-22 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Wednesday 19 October 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Reference: > > > I've rebased my patch on the "fixup" commit `v1.11-250-g0c0b402', and > I will merge it to maint (and push) in a couple of days if there is > no objection by then. The u

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-10-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Reference: I've rebased my patch on the "fixup" commit `v1.11-250-g0c0b402', and I will merge it to maint (and push) in a couple of days if there is no objection by then. The updated patch is attached, for reference. Regards, Stefano From d

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-03-04 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 04 March 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello Peter, all, and sorry for the delay, > > * Peter Breitenlohner wrote on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 04:22:32PM CET: > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > > >Through testing I found out again that DejaGNU does not cope with white > >

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-03-04 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Peter, all, and sorry for the delay, * Peter Breitenlohner wrote on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 04:22:32PM CET: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > >Through testing I found out again that DejaGNU does not cope with white > >space in absolute directory names anyway, regardless of srcd

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-16 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hello Ralf, and sorry for the late reply. On Friday 14 January 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 06:29:39PM CET: > > Ralf Wildenhues writes: > > > > > Am I correct in assuming that it is hopeless to assume GCC will work > > > when either values are re

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-15 Thread Peter Breitenlohner
On Fri, 14 Jan 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: Through testing I found out again that DejaGNU does not cope with white space in absolute directory names anyway, regardless of srcdir being relative or absolute. That obviates my first point. Remains only the fairly minor src+build-tree relocatabili

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-14 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 06:29:39PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues writes: > > > Am I correct in assuming that it is hopeless to assume GCC will work > > when either values are relative? > > Actually, as far as I know, GCC is likely to work with a relative > srcdir. The problem a

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 13 January 2011, Ian Lance wrote: > Stefano Lattarini writes: > > > Relative (as I expected): > > > > $ cat dejagnu-srcdir-is-absolute.dir/site.exp > > ## these variables are automatically generated by make ## > > # Do not edit here. If you wish to override these values > >

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-13 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Stefano Lattarini writes: > Relative (as I expected): > > $ cat dejagnu-srcdir-is-absolute.dir/site.exp > ## these variables are automatically generated by make ## > # Do not edit here. If you wish to override these values > # edit the last section > set srcdir . > set objdir /home/

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-13 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Ralf Wildenhues writes: > Am I correct in assuming that it is hopeless to assume GCC will work > when either values are relative? Actually, as far as I know, GCC is likely to work with a relative srcdir. The problem arises with DejaGNU .exp files which themselves change directories. As far as

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-13 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hello Ian. On Wednesday 12 January 2011, Ian Lance wrote: > When automake is configured to use DejaGNU, it uses two different values > for srcdir. There are two different cases in lib/am/dejagnu.am: > > The first is in check-DEJAGNU: > > check-DEJAGNU: site.exp > ## Life is easiest with an abso

bug#7833: automake uses two different values for DejaGNU srcdir

2011-01-12 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Ian, thanks for the bug report. * Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:52:09PM CET: > When automake is configured to use DejaGNU, it uses two different values > for srcdir. There are two different cases in lib/am/dejagnu.am: > check-DEJAGNU: site.exp > ## Life is easiest with