Re: [GNU Autoconf 2.60] testsuite: 3 133 135 failed

[Paul Eggert]

Jeph Cowan <address@hidden> writes:

> Attached is the testsuite.log file with more info on the failed
> tests. Also note that the 'make check' was started at 8:28AM and
> finished the following morning at 00:46, some 16+ hours later. Am I
> doing something wrong?

It does look like there is a little something wrong with your
compiler setup, yes.

> Are there serious repercussions due to the
> failed tests so that I shouldn't install the software?

I suspect the problem is more with the other parts of your system, not
with Autoconf per se.  But that's just a guess.

> 3. tools.at:90: 3. autom4te cache (tools.at:90): FAILED (tools.at:106)

You can ignore this failure; it's a portability bug in the test suite
(fixed in the next Autoconf version).

>> configure:2895: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
>> Assembler:
>> /tmp//cchBVANa.s: line 9: Only .llong should be used for relocatable 
>> expressions.

That looks like trouble.  I'd look into that problem before worrying
about the other test failures.  Why is GCC emitting something that
your assembler rejects?