Subject: Re: bug#11204: automake-1.11.4 test failures, powerpc-darwin8

From: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:01:33 +0200

Hi David, sorry for the delay.

On 04/09/2012 11:19 PM, David Fang wrote:
>>> 17 of 921 tests failed
>>> (29 tests were not run)
>>> See tests/test-suite.log
>>>
>> ... send us a copy of this file ('tests/test-suite.log') in order for
>> us to attempt a fix.
> 
> Right.  Re-ran.  Attached, bzip2'd.
> Looks like most failures are info-related.
> Thanks for investigating.
> I just need to know if these failures are critical.
> 
> Fang
>
This looks suspicious:

  FAIL: distcheck-override-infodir.test (exit: 2)
  ===============================================

  distcheck-override-infodir: running install-info --version
  Debian install-info 1.10.21.  Copyright (C) 1994,1995
  Ian Jackson.  This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence
  version 2 or later for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty.

Why do you have Debian install-info installed on Mac OS X?  It is not used
anymore even on Debian:

  $ cat /etc/debian_version
  wheezy/sid

  $ install-info --version
  This is not dpkg install-info anymore, but GNU install-info
  See the man page for ginstall-info for command line arguments
  install-info (GNU texinfo) 4.13

and in fact Automake has stopped trying to cater to Debian install-info since
the release 1.11.2.

What happens if you re-run the failed tests after defining 'AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR'
to "no" in the environment?  Like this:

  $ cd tests && AM_UPDATE_INFO_DIR=no make -jN recheck

Regards,
  Stefano