Subject: Re: bug#12198: automake 1.12.3 self-tests failure: t/distcheck-override-infodir

From: Stefano Lattarini <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:19:39 +0200

On 08/14/2012 03:38 PM, Peter Rosin wrote:
> On 2012-08-14 15:14, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> Hi.  It builds and passes self-checks except for the
>> t/distcheck-override-infodir test.  Output below.
>>
>> /Simon
>>
>> FAIL: t/distcheck-override-infodir
> 
> A post is (soon) available in automake-patches, I posted it
> 10 minutes before seeing your report but it hasn't gone full
> circle yet.
> 
> Stefano: How did this one slip through your pre-release
> checks?
>
Now, that is a good question...  Ah, the test was skipped because
'install-info' wasn't installed on the system where I did the last
test before pushing :-/

Maybe, in the future, it would be a good idea to refrain from
last-minute changes just to pacify some overly eager maintainer
check ...

Thanks,
  Stefano