From unknown Sun Aug 17 04:22:40 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#11896: aclocal7.sh test fails sometimes with automake-1.12.2 Resent-From: Adam Sampson Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-automake@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:25:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 11896 X-GNU-PR-Package: automake X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 11896@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-automake@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.13419194711861 (code B ref -1); Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:25:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2012 11:24:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59492 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SoYYQ-0000Tx-Og for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:24:31 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50417) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SoYYO-0000Tq-Nv for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:24:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SoYT6-0003Dl-2p for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:19:08 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:43528) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SoYT5-0003Da-Vk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:18:59 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36187) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SoYSz-0007SP-RH for bug-automake@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:18:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SoYSt-0003Cm-CP for bug-automake@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:18:53 -0400 Received: from april.london.02.net ([87.194.255.143]:52200) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SoYSt-0003CQ-4D for bug-automake@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:18:47 -0400 Received: from cartman.offog.org (94.194.126.16) by april.london.02.net (8.5.140) id 4FED9C4900305C52 for bug-automake@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:18:45 +0100 Received: from ats by cartman.offog.org with local (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SoYSq-0007mi-KT for bug-automake@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:18:44 +0100 Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:18:44 +0100 From: Adam Sampson Message-ID: <20120710111843.GV4090@cartman.at.offog.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="3XZQkxCYp0f/VEFS" Content-Disposition: inline X-Homepage: http://offog.org/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) --3XZQkxCYp0f/VEFS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hi, I've just built automake-1.12.2 and had the aclocal7.sh test fail. After a bit of investigation, it's because the test: - creates a .m4 file; - calls aclocal; - calls automake; - sleeps for a bit; - calls aclocal again; - calls automake again; - checks that those two calls didn't actually write any files. [then goes on to test some other stuff that works fine] The problem is that aclocal decides whether to rewrite its output file by checking that all of the input files it's read are older than the existing output file. If aclocal takes less than a second to run in the sequence above, it's possible for its output file to have the same timestamp as the .m4 file -- and then the second call to aclocal will decide the output file needs rewriting, and the test fails. The attached patch adds a $sleep after creating the .m4 file, so it'll definitely be older than the first aclocal's output. Thanks, -- Adam Sampson --3XZQkxCYp0f/VEFS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="fasttest.diff" Fix a race condition that causes aclocal7 to fail on fast machines (see the comment below). diff -x config.log -x config.status -ru tmp/automake-1.12.2/t/aclocal7.sh work/automake-1.12.2/t/aclocal7.sh --- tmp/automake-1.12.2/t/aclocal7.sh 2012-07-08 11:48:25.000000000 +0100 +++ work/automake-1.12.2/t/aclocal7.sh 2012-07-10 11:58:50.325999591 +0100 @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ $AUTOMAKE --no-force } +# aclocal will rewrite aclocal.m4 unless the input files are all older than the +# existing aclocal.m4 -- sleep to ensure somedefs.m4 has an older timestamp +# than the aclocal.m4 that the next aclocal call will generate. +$sleep + $ACLOCAL -I m4 AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal --3XZQkxCYp0f/VEFS-- From unknown Sun Aug 17 04:22:40 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#11896: aclocal7.sh test fails sometimes with automake-1.12.2 Resent-From: Stefano Lattarini Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-automake@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:32:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11896 X-GNU-PR-Package: automake X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Adam Sampson Cc: 11896@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 11896-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11896.134192711516170 (code B ref 11896); Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:32:03 +0000 Received: (at 11896) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Jul 2012 13:31:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59691 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SoaXf-0004Ch-CY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:31:53 -0400 Received: from mail-bk0-f44.google.com ([209.85.214.44]:47381) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SoaXU-0004CA-6v; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:31:45 -0400 Received: by bkty7 with SMTP id y7so3491508bkt.3 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:26:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=RrJIU6iRNF/2NdFhHyIgSQU14wjmPPniCzBhd56iJCI=; b=eFM/ZZ+rcaC0mnKStq+k9mQWeCkrAP2xDBqefrwk+EgY1kN3U4htPNq8pYfbOkUCHX PxrcrZY6oVk9qL/zWNsidY+fCrJYXFeKafDLj5BnYWsx9ecqtYlptR9XyshxAnSQrn+a 6uBWEHIa7FvFG/B9ieWCJzwe3kkA2Xl7awizVigZvyhXdg+ZfQeGTRMd2oOvAeMO/R8w 9djJxYtVweQkJ9AcX2ymekZhbZfAOC1QPuW3IuskWfNu5cDCW090DiG1QAX9bOmZ538j lGzB05pCeXLWv9lgh/hY/ORlzFsaWNAYl+ty/mxLJD3al6AfI8/AV7NegK0ekPVF5NBV nMQw== Received: by 10.204.154.85 with SMTP id n21mr2843768bkw.48.1341926778260; Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:26:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [87.2.97.124] (host124-97-dynamic.2-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it. [87.2.97.124]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 25sm7998912bkx.9.2012.07.10.06.26.16 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:26:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FFC2D75.9030005@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:26:13 +0200 From: Stefano Lattarini MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20120710111843.GV4090@cartman.at.offog.org> In-Reply-To: <20120710111843.GV4090@cartman.at.offog.org> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060504000603000505020507" X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060504000603000505020507 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit tags 11896 + patch severity 11896 minor close 11896 thanks On 07/10/2012 01:18 PM, Adam Sampson wrote: > Hi, > Hi Adam, thanks for the report and the patch. > I've just built automake-1.12.2 and had the aclocal7.sh test fail. After > a bit of investigation, it's because the test: > > - creates a .m4 file; > - calls aclocal; > - calls automake; > - sleeps for a bit; > - calls aclocal again; > - calls automake again; > - checks that those two calls didn't actually write any files. > [then goes on to test some other stuff that works fine] > > The problem is that aclocal decides whether to rewrite its output file > by checking that all of the input files it's read are older than the > existing output file. If aclocal takes less than a second to run in the > sequence above, it's possible for its output file to have the same > timestamp as the .m4 file -- and then the second call to aclocal will > decide the output file needs rewriting, and the test fails. > Oops, I introduced this error in a previous commit (v1.12.1-46-g13dd512). > The attached patch adds a $sleep after creating the .m4 file, so it'll > definitely be older than the first aclocal's output. > I've applied the fix in your name (see attached patch), and pushed. I'm thus closing this bug report. Thanks, Stefano --------------060504000603000505020507 Content-Type: text/x-diff; name="0001-tests-fix-spurious-failure-in-aclocal7.sh-on-fast-ma.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename*0="0001-tests-fix-spurious-failure-in-aclocal7.sh-on-fast-ma.pa"; filename*1="tch" >From cf80959825ac3b18271d0c15ce7345e64410c2f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: From: Adam Sampson Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:08:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] tests: fix spurious failure in aclocal7.sh on fast machines Fixes automake bug#11896. Issue introduced in commit v1.12.1-46-g13dd512. * t/aclocal7.sh: Since aclocal rewrites aclocal.m4 unless the input files are all older than the existing aclocal.m4, so we must sleep to ensure somedefs.m4 has an older timestamp than the aclocal.m4 the next aclocal call will generate. Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- t/aclocal7.sh | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/aclocal7.sh b/t/aclocal7.sh index 4c03a0c..c050b07 100755 --- a/t/aclocal7.sh +++ b/t/aclocal7.sh @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal () $AUTOMAKE --no-force } +# aclocal will rewrite aclocal.m4 unless the input files are all older than the +# existing aclocal.m4 -- sleep to ensure somedefs.m4 has an older timestamp +# than the aclocal.m4 that the next aclocal call will generate. +$sleep + $ACLOCAL -I m4 AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal -- 1.7.9.5 --------------060504000603000505020507-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jul 12 12:56:01 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jul 2012 16:56:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36340 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SpMgK-0007qX-R6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:56:01 -0400 Received: from mail-bk0-f44.google.com ([209.85.214.44]:37482) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SpMgC-0007qB-3C; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:55:57 -0400 Received: by bkty7 with SMTP id y7so1992957bkt.3 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:50:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0qAUVIc0zF6Q2LA4dK5srt/Lt5wz5iuzj833cI8F/MQ=; b=vk9zNQBf4TQAzqOeSCzjO4DxIbUF0DOvCyU63WCK9Sov1AtR5HB3o6fApbXrEnhw+j 3r6Z585Y9PmfySFIlY6w7VeaCPz+TeUWG0Vgl3bOqZ7fauYsYCKutmCTpwjscmEkWd1s w34sCpI3//88ouhWfPe9ihVyar1beCZDlP4gRqZfwJGD6y0XPxis6mwMbjtuuHzl94h4 k9E4VXihuAQEtP8FvMWDl7I6znUeXPwGqK3otb9RMb03VaQNM3p/KDOKJZitorRrB+6C Ire4sfhDEL8ZQZsclaEDnDNoHzLexb/BFc8hkeIittkb27Nmc55C/OxAiXSsEwG7ILBN BB0g== Received: by 10.205.136.194 with SMTP id il2mr4902585bkc.81.1342111818258; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:50:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [82.54.101.156] (host156-101-dynamic.54-82-r.retail.telecomitalia.it. [82.54.101.156]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ht18sm3438062bkc.16.2012.07.12.09.50.16 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:50:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FFF0045.1000700@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:50:13 +0200 From: Stefano Lattarini MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Simons Subject: Re: bug#11924: t/aclocal7.sh fails after updating from 1.12.1 to 1.12.2 References: <871ukhmm3k.fsf@write-only.cryp.to> In-Reply-To: <871ukhmm3k.fsf@write-only.cryp.to> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 11924@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) forcemerge 11924 11896 close 11924 thanks On 07/12/2012 10:15 AM, Peter Simons wrote: > Hi, > Hi Peter, thanks for the report. > we have recently updated from Automake 1.12.1 to 1.12.2 in the NixOS Linux > distribution. That change caused a unit test failure in t/aclocal7.sh. The > complete build log is available here: > > http://hydra.nixos.org/build/2786726 > > Unfortunately, the log shows very little information about the nature of that > test. It just says: > > FAIL: t/aclocal7.sh > For future reference: the complete log (usually quite verbose, in the case of Automake tests) is automatically saved in the 't/aclocal7.log' file by the Automake test harness. > Could someone help me out understanding exactly why that test failed and -- > more importantly -- how to fix it? > The failure was caused by a testsuite glitch, not a real bug; and that has already been reported and fixed in the development version of Automake: > Take care, > Peter > Best regards, Stefano From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jul 12 12:57:38 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jul 2012 16:57:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36351 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SpMhu-0007ts-B1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:57:38 -0400 Received: from mail-bk0-f44.google.com ([209.85.214.44]:39972) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SpMhs-0007ti-FX for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:57:36 -0400 Received: by bkty7 with SMTP id y7so1994679bkt.3 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:52:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=pj3AnBDGzZWNoD/JLMjdDCxF5Ca9NZvvv7pirOf0ZD8=; b=tdqbr3bSy4FTeWeQ8awICIVF8YSwScmTmh9QIJDpm2H0HeUSjy4XOtrQrqX7xZe4/0 1ViNWZaGONWhbKZNq3bttAa9GMBLo5VR1dP0fz4dxM7ZXW5MBr6M04o5II+oBpPvRrX3 gCTX+d0GJKZ0D3nsrbG5XDlMXgSEZOBAubz3Ts+oT5iAd1WF9oKXsgt1J/YYtkG7w7Fh EG6IJGYHxl4Bmza0RZgcz/n7qL6uF4QID7n8zU1+dWjyDqwRVFVWAjCKyPdsKoSUon9y Dy79THb174jgz8E1nsW9xj4Kav03JoZtAW+7R1IRWEEXJ90qM9/HliYBY1XOwPK+7TCR sbWg== Received: by 10.205.126.14 with SMTP id gu14mr27360075bkc.137.1342111922829; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:52:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [82.54.101.156] (host156-101-dynamic.54-82-r.retail.telecomitalia.it. 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[87.2.95.152]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t8sm2476296wiy.3.2012.08.11.01.00.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:00:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5026111E.5050308@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:00:30 +0200 From: Stefano Lattarini MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dennis Clarke Subject: Re: bug#12178: GNU Automake 1.12.2 - FAIL: 1 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 12178@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) forcemerge 11896 12178 close 12178 thanks Hi Dennis, thanks for the report. On 08/11/2012 03:52 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > . > . > I'll dig into it and find the FAIL : > > FAIL: t/aclocal7 > ================ > > Running from installcheck: no > Using TAP: no > PATH = /build/other/automake-1.12.2_001/t/ax:/build/other/automake-1.12.2_001/t/wrap:/usr/local/mm/sbin:/usr/local/mm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/schily/bin > +++ pwd > /build/other/automake-1.12.2_001/t/aclocal7.dir > + cat > + mkdir sub > + : > + cat > + : > + mkdir m4 > + echo 'AC_DEFUN([SOME_DEFS], [])' > + aclocal-1.12 -Werror -I m4 > + AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal > + sleep 2 > + automake-1.12 --foreign -Werror -Wall --no-force > + touch foo > + sleep 2 > + aclocal-1.12 -Werror -I m4 > + AUTOMAKE_after_aclocal > + sleep 2 > + automake-1.12 --foreign -Werror -Wall --no-force > + is_newest foo aclocal.m4 Makefile.in sub/Makefile.in > is_newest: these files are newer than 'foo': > * aclocal.m4 > * Makefile.in > * sub/Makefile.in > + exit_status=1 > + set +e > + cd /build/other/automake-1.12.2_001 > + test no = yes > + case $am_explicit_skips in > + test 1 -eq 0 > + keep_testdirs=yes > + am_keeping_testdirs > + case $keep_testdirs in > + return 0 > + set +x > aclocal7: exit 1 > This is a spurious failure due to a weakness in the Automake testsuite. It is already known, and has already been fixed by Adam Sampson: So I'm closing this report. Regards, Stefano