Re: aclocal7.test fail only

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Matthew,

* Matthew sullivan wrote on Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 03:32:17PM CEST:
> 
> revised verbose execution
> root:/sources/automake-1.9.6/tests#  make check TESTS=aclocal7.test 
> VERBOSE=x
*snip*

> === Running test ./aclocal7.test
*snip*
> + touch foo
> + aclocal-1.9 -I m4
> + automake-1.9 --foreign -Werror -Wall --no-force
> ++ ls -1t aclocal.m4 foo
> ++ sed 1q
> + test foo = foo
> ++ sed 1q
> ++ ls -1t Makefile.in foo
> + test foo = foo
> ++ ls -1t sub/Makefile.in foo
> ++ sed 1q
> + test foo = sub/Makefile.in
> FAIL: aclocal7.test

> hope this is correct now

Yes, that's the right output.  I now remember that there was a bug in
the test, which we fixed in the CVS version of Automake.  Please apply
the patch below to the sources, and run the test again, it should pass
then.  If it does, there is nothing to worry about.  :-)

Cheers,
Ralf

--- tests/aclocal7.test 2006-09-27 15:53:22.000000000 +0200
+++ tests/aclocal7.test 2006-05-11 08:47:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003, 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is part of GNU Automake.
 #
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 touch fragment.inc
 $sleep
 touch foo
+$sleep
 $ACLOCAL -I m4
 $AUTOMAKE --no-force
 # Only ./Makefile.in should change.
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@
 : > README
 $sleep
 touch foo
+$sleep
 $AUTOMAKE --no-force
 # Even if no dependency change, the content changed.
 test `ls -1t Makefile.in foo | sed 1q` = Makefile.in
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@
 : > sub/Makefile.in
 $sleep
 touch foo
+$sleep
 $ACLOCAL -I m4
 $AUTOMAKE --no-force
 # Only sub/Makefile.in should change.