Subject: Re: bug#11897: automake 1.12.2 test failure on Mac OS X 10.7

From: Max Horn <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:56:44 +0200

Dear Stefano,

On 10.07.2012, at 15:31, Stefano Lattarini wrote:

> tags 11897 + patch
> severity 11897 minor
> thanks
> 
> On 07/10/2012 01:44 PM, Max Horn wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> 
> Hi Max, thanks for the report.

Sure, thank you for your prompt reply and patch!

[...]

>> I think the problem is caused by the "configure" script spitting
>> out these messages:
>> 
>> checking for archiver @FILE support... rm: cannot remove `conftest.dSYM': Is a directory
>> no
>> checking for strip... strip
>> checking for ranlib... ranlib
>> checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm output from cc object... rm: cannot remove `conftest.dSYM': Is a directory
>> ok
>> 
>> Note the isolated "ok" on a line of its own; apparently this
>> makes the test think that an unplanned test step occurred.
>> 
> Your interpretation is absolutely correct.  The attached patch should
> take care of the issue.  Could you give it a try?

This fixes most of the errors, except for

PASS: t/suffix8.tap 10
ERROR: t/suffix8.tap 10 - make distcheck # UNPLANNED
ERROR: t/suffix8.tap - too many tests run (expected 10, got 11)

I looked at the log, this is again the same issue, configure is run once again and once again suffers from the same problem.

Cheers,
Max