automake-2001-11-19/perl-5.005 broken ?

[Yann Droneaud]

Hi,

The latest CVS snapshot of automake (at least since 2001-11-19) don't work at 
all.
Most of the check of make check failed.

With a export VERBOSE=1; make check, I get this:

=== Running test ./acinclude.test
moo
PASS: acinclude.test
=== Running test ./aclibobj.test
syntax error at ../../automake line 4731, near "$var qw(X_CFLAGS X_LIBS 
X_EXTRA_LIBS X_PRE_LIBS)"
Global symbol "$var" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 4733.
Global symbol "$here" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 
4741.
Global symbol "$filename" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 
4750.
syntax error at ../../automake line 4841, near "}"
Execution of ../../automake aborted due to compilation errors.
FAIL: aclibobj.test
=== Running test ./aclocal.test
PASS: aclocal.test
=== Running test ./aclocali.test
syntax error at ../../automake line 4731, near "$var qw(X_CFLAGS X_LIBS 
X_EXTRA_LIBS X_PRE_LIBS)"
Global symbol "$var" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 4733.
Global symbol "$here" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 
4741.
Global symbol "$filename" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 
4750.
syntax error at ../../automake line 4841, near "}"
Execution of ../../automake aborted due to compilation errors.
FAIL: aclocali.test
=== Running test ./aclocali1.test
syntax error at ../../automake line 4731, near "$var qw(X_CFLAGS X_LIBS 
X_EXTRA_LIBS X_PRE_LIBS)"
Global symbol "$var" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 4733.
Global symbol "$here" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 
4741.
Global symbol "$filename" requires explicit package name at ../../automake line 
4750.
syntax error at ../../automake line 4841, near "}"
Execution of ../../automake aborted due to compilation errors.
FAIL: aclocali1.test


Configure doesn't report any error.
configure:1059: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:1112: result: /bin/install -c
configure:1123: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:1166: result: yes
configure:1199: checking for mawk
configure:1228: result: no
configure:1199: checking for gawk
configure:1215: found /usr/bin/gawk
configure:1225: result: gawk
configure:1235: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
configure:1255: result: yes
configure:1340: checking for perl
configure:1358: found /usr/bin/perl
configure:1370: result: /usr/bin/perl
configure:1502: creating ./config.status


$ perl -v

This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i586-linux-thread

Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall
...

$ m4 --version
GNU m4 1.4

I'm using a linux-2.4.13 with a glibc-2.2.4 on a i586-pc.
Older version of automake run fine (I'm using a snapshot from 2001-11-01)

So, is perl 5.005_03 no more supported ?
 or is my installation broken ?
 or is it a automake problem ?

Regards.

--
Yann Droneaud <address@hidden>