Re: GNU Automake 1.8.2 released

[Lars Hecking]

> Unless the suggestion below makes sense, could you send the full
> output of the test?  I don't have enough context here and would also
> like to see the very first line, which shows $PATH.  The point is that
> PATH is sets so that the locally built aclocal occurs before any
> installed version.
 
make  defs aclocal-1.8 automake-1.8
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests'
make[1]: `defs' is up to date.
make[1]: `aclocal-1.8' is up to date.
make[1]: `automake-1.8' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests'
make  check-TESTS
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests'
/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests:/home/lhecking/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/ucb
acloca14: running make --version -v
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
=== Running test ./acloca14.test
/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir
m4_include([acinclude.m4])
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/gnu/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
{ test ! -d acloca14-1.0 || { find acloca14-1.0 -type d ! -perm -200 -exec 
chmod u+w {} ';' && rm -fr acloca14-1.0; }; }
mkdir acloca14-1.0
find acloca14-1.0 -type d ! -perm -777 -exec chmod a+rwx {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -444 -links 1 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -400 -exec chmod a+r {} \; -o \
  ! -type d ! -perm -444 -exec /bin/bash 
/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/install-sh -c -m a+r {} {} \; \
|| chmod -R a+r acloca14-1.0
test -f acloca14-1.0/acinclude.m4
test -f acloca14-1.0/a.m4
test -f acloca14-1.0/b.m4
test -f acloca14-1.0/c.m4
test -f acloca14-1.0/d.m4
test ! -d acloca14-1.0/defs
cd . && /bin/bash /tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing --run 
aclocal-1.8 -I defs
/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing: aclocal-1.8: command not found
WARNING: `aclocal-1.8' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.  You might want
         to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.  Grab them from
         any GNU archive site.
 cd . && /bin/bash /tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing --run 
automake-1.8 --foreign 
/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing: automake-1.8: command not found
WARNING: `automake-1.8' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.
         You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.
         Grab them from any GNU archive site.
cd . && /bin/bash /tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing --run autoconf
/bin/bash ./config.status --recheck
running /bin/bash ./configure   --no-create --no-recursion
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/gnu/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
 /bin/bash ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
make: Nothing to be done for `all'.
cd . && /bin/sh /tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing --run aclocal-1.8 
-I defs
/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing: aclocal-1.8: not found
WARNING: `aclocal-1.8' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.  You might want
         to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.  Grab them from
         any GNU archive site.
 cd . && /bin/sh /tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing --run 
automake-1.8 --foreign 
/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing: automake-1.8: not found
WARNING: `automake-1.8' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.
         You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.
         Grab them from any GNU archive site.
cd . && /bin/sh /tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests/testSubDir/missing --run autoconf
/bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
running /bin/sh ./configure   --no-create --no-recursion
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/local/gnu/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
./configure: ANOTHER_MACRO: not found
make: *** [config.status] Error 1
FAIL: acloca14.test
=====================================
1 of 1 tests failed
Please report to address@hidden
=====================================
make[1]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/automake-1.8.2/tests'
make: *** [check-am] Error 2

 aclocal-1.8 and automake-1.8 exist in the tests subdir. The installed
 automake is version 1.7.9.

 The test passes successfully if automake 1.8.2 is installed (~/bin).