automake-1.7.9 tagsub.test fails

[Alexander V Fedyukin]

We have Tru64 5.1b; Autoconf 2.57; Libtool 1.5.2; Automake 1.6.3; GNU Make 
3.80; GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release; (alphaev56-dec-osf5.1)

When running:
VERBOSE=x TESTS='tagsub.test' make -e check

We get the following output:

+ VERBOSE=x
+ TESTS=tagsub.test
+ make -e check
Making check in .
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9'
Making check in m4
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/m4'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/m4'
Making check in lib
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib'
Making check in Automake
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib/Automake'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib/Automake'
Making check in am
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib/am'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check'.
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib/am'
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib'
Making check in tests
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests'
make  defs
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests'
make[2]: `defs' is up to date.
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests'
make  check-TESTS
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests'
tagsub: running etags --version -o /dev/null
Exuberant Ctags 3.5.1, by Darren Hiebert <address@hidden>
=== Running test ./tagsub.test
+ pwd
/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests/testSubDir
+ set -e
+ cat
+ echo SUBDIRS = sub
+ mkdir sub
+ echo noinst_HEADERS = iguana.h
+ :
+ /usr/local/bin/perl 
/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests/testSubDir/../../aclo
cal -I 
/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests/testSubDir/../../m4 
--acdir=/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests/../m4
+ /bin/ksh /usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/lib/missing 
--run autoconf
+ /usr/local/bin/perl 
/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests/testSubDir/../../auto
make --libdir=/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests/../lib 
--foreign -Werror -Wall
+ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating sub/Makefile
+ make tags
list='sub'; for subdir in $list; do \
 test "$subdir" = . || (cd $subdir && make  tags); \
done
make[1]: Entering directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests/testSubDir/sub'
tags=; \
here=`pwd`; \
list=' iguana.h   '; \
unique=`for i in $list; do \
   if test -f "$i"; then echo $i; else echo ./$i; fi; \
 done | \
 nawk '    { files[$0] = 1; } \
      END { for (i in files) print i; }'`; \
test -z "$tags$unique" \
 || etags    \
    $tags $unique
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests/testSubDir/sub'
tags=; \
here=`pwd`; \
if (etags --etags-include --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 include_option=--etags-include; \
else \
 include_option=--include; \
fi; \
list='sub'; for subdir in $list; do \
 if test "$subdir" = .; then :; else \
   test -f $subdir/TAGS && \
     tags="$tags $include_option=$here/$subdir/TAGS"; \
 fi; \
done; \
list='    '; \
unique=`for i in $list; do \
   if test -f "$i"; then echo $i; else echo ./$i; fi; \
 done | \
 nawk '    { files[$0] = 1; } \
      END { for (i in files) print i; }'`; \
test -z "$tags$unique" \
 || etags    \
    $tags $unique
etags: No files specified. Try "etags --help".
make: *** [TAGS] Error 1
FAIL: tagsub.test
=====================================
1 of 1 tests failed
Please report to address@hidden
=====================================
make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests'
make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/users/af325798/work/pakages/automake-1.7.9/tests'
make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1

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