Re: tests summary

[Paul Eggert]

Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

> On IRIX, during the tty-eof test, I get a bunch of
> | Use of uninitialized value in ioctl at 
> /opt/perl/lib/5.8.2/IP30-irix-thread-multi/IO/Pty.pm line 119.

That looks like an IO::Pty bug; see <http://www.cpanforum.com/threads/2149>.

> `grep -w' isn't working on (at least) IRIX, HP-UX,
> Solaris (used in doc/Makefile.am), but that's known,

Sorry, I didn't know about it.  I installed the following obvious fix
in the trunk.  Jim, OK to install this in the 5.9x branch?

Thanks again for checking this stuff.

2006-06-12  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * doc/Makefile.am (check-texinfo): Use $(_W) and $(W_) instead of
        assuming grep -w (which is not portable).

--- doc/Makefile.am     27 May 2006 15:51:19 -0000      1.39
+++ doc/Makefile.am     12 Jun 2006 20:09:01 -0000
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ check-texinfo:
        $(PERL) -e 1 2> /dev/null && { $(PERL) -ne \
          '/\bPOSIX\b/ && !/address@hidden/ && !/^\* / || /{posix}/ and 
print,exit 1' \
          $(srcdir)/*.texi 2> /dev/null || fail=1; }; \
-       $(EGREP) -iw 'builtins?' $(srcdir)/*.texi && fail=1; \
-       $(EGREP) -iw 'path(name)?s?' $(srcdir)/*.texi \
+       $(EGREP) -i '$(_W)builtins?$(W_)' $(srcdir)/*.texi && fail=1; \
+       $(EGREP) -i '$(_W)path(name)?s?$(W_)' $(srcdir)/*.texi \
          | $(EGREP) -v '@vindex PATH$$|@env[{]PATH[}]' && fail=1; \
        exit $$fail