Re: bug#14707: automake 1.14 test hang for t/compile4.sh on Linux if "cl" executable is in path

[Diab Jerius]

On Thu, 2013-06-27 at 11:20 +0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> tags 14707 + patch
> tags 14707 - moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> On 06/24/2013 11:35 PM, Diab Jerius wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 23:22 +0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> >>
> >> On 06/24/2013 04:45 PM, Diab Jerius wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On the Linux boxes I compile on, there's a /usr/local/bin/cl executable
> >>> (from the IRAF package).  Unfortunately, it seems that t/compile4.sh
> >>> interprets that as a Microsoft compiler.
> >>>
> >>> The IRAF cl is an interactive program,
> >>> 
> >> What happens if the program is run with its stdin redirected from 
> >> /dev/null?
> >> Does it exit immediately, or does it still hang?
> > 
> > It exits, quite verbosely:
> > 
> > % cl < /dev/null
> > Warning: no login.cl found in login directory
> >       apropos     fitsutil    lists       phist       stecf       utilities
> >       color       gemini      mscred      plot        stlocal     xray
> >       ctio        gmisc       nmisc       proto       stsdas      
> >       dataio      images      noao        rvsao       system      
> >       dbms        language    obsolete    softools    tables      
> > 
> > ecl> ERROR: use `logout' to log out of the CL
> > ecl> ERROR: use `logout' to log out of the CL
> > ecl> ERROR: use `logout' to log out of the CL
> > ecl> ERROR: use `logout' to log out of the CL
> > ecl> ERROR: use `logout' to log out of the CL
> > ecl> ERROR: use `logout' to log out of the CL
> > ecl> ERROR: use `logout' to log out of the CL
> > ecl> ERROR: use `logout' to log out of the CL
> > ecl> % 
> > 
> Thanks, this is what I needed.  Below is a patch that I hope should
> fix your problem.  Can you give it a try?
> 

That fixes the problem.

Thanks,

Diab